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United States Marine Corps
in the -J"
World War
By
EDWIN N. McCLELLAN
Major, U. S. Marines
Officei in Charge Historical Division
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920
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EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This brief history has been prepared for the purpose of acquainting
both the personnel of the service and the pubhc with the general
facts concerning the United States Marine Corps in the World War.
It is a partial compliance with the instructions contained in Marine
Corps Orders No. 53 (Series 1919), directing that a history of the
United States Marine Corps for the period of the World War be pre-
?ared, and is preliminary to the final and detailed history of the
Inited States Marine Corps during the World War, which is in course
of preparation.
The statistics and other information contained herein are as
accurate as it is possible to obtain at the present date. Every effort
has been made to avoid expressions of opinions and criticisms, or
the drawing of conclusions of an important nature.
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LETTER OF TRANSMISSION.
November 26, 1919.
From: OfRcer in Charge Historical Division, Adjutant and Inspector's
Department, United States Marine Corps.
To: The Major General Commandant.
Via: Officer in Charge, Adjutant and Inspector's Department.
Subject: The United States Marine Corps in the World War.
1. There is transmitted herewith for your formal approval a
concise history of the United States Marine Corps in the World
War, including certain statistics, with the recommendation that
it be published to the naval service.
Edwin N. McClellan.
(First endorsement.]
Adjutant and Inspector's Department,
Headquarters United States Marine Corps,
Washington, D. C, November 26, 1919.
From: The Acting Adjutant and Inspector.
To: The Major General Commandant.
1. Forwarded, approved.
Approved:
George Barnett,
Major General Commandant,
United States Marine Corps.
Approved :
Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.
H. C. Haines.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page.
On AiTEu T . In general 9
II. Statutory and actual strength of the Marine Corps on various
dates 11
III. Recruiting — Applicants, rejections, enlistments — Enli^-
inents by States 14
IV. Geographical location and disposition of Marines during the
war 17
V. How ofScera were obtained and trained 21
VI. Training of enlisted men in the United States and in Europe. 25
VII. Organizationa and replacements sent to Europe — Organization
of the Fourth and Fifth Brigades 29
VIIT. Operationa in general 36
IX. Units composing the Second Division — Commanding gener-
als of the Second Division — Verdun operations 38
X. Aisne Defensive — Hill 142 — Bouresches — Bois de la Brigade
de Marine 40
XI. Aisne-Mame Offensive (Soissons) 45
XII. Marbachesector, near Pont-a-Mousson on the Moselle River —
St. Mihiel Offensive 48
XIII . The Champagne — Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge — Capture of St.
Etienne — March to LefRncourt 49
XIV. Meuse-Argonne Offensive — Crossing the Mouse River 53
XV. March to the Rhine — Army of Occupation — Summary of
operations of the Fourth Brigade 56
XVI, With the Navy on board the battleships and cruisers 59
XVII. The activities of the Fifth Brigade 62
XVIII. Statistics concerning casualties G5
XIX. Citations of Marine units by French — Days in France —
Artillery captured — Prisonera captured — Kilometers ad-
vanced against the enemy — Decorations awarded ^Marines. 67
XX. Rifle practice — ^Rifle and pistol competitions participated in
by Marines during the war 69
XXI. Aviation statistics 71
XXII. Marine Corps Reserve 76
XXIII. Return of Marines from Europe — Parades in the United
States 78
XXIV. Demobilization 80
XXV. The Office of the Major General Commandant — The Adjutant
and Inspector's Department 83
XXVI. The Paymaster's Department 84
XXVII. The Quartermaster's Department 89
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THE UNITED STATES MARINE TORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
Chapter I.
IN GENERAL.
When a state of war was declared to exist on April 6, 1917, the
United States Marine Corps was composed of 462 commissioned
officers, 49 warrant officers, and 13,214 enlisted men on active duty,
a total of 13,725 and, while the corps was expanded to an actual
strength, including reserves, of 75,101 officers and enlisted men, its
high standard was never lowered. Wlien these figures are com-
pared with the approximate strength of 3,100 at the end of the Civil
War, and of 4,800 at the end of the Spanish War, the growth of the
Marine Corps is illustrated.
Despite the fact that on the outbreak of war, 187 officers and 4,546
enlisted men were on duty beyond the continental limits of the
United States, and 49 officers, and 2,187 enlisted men were serving
on board the cruising vessels of the Navy, only five weeks later, on
June 14, 1917, the Fifth Regiment of Marines, consisting of 70 officers
and 2,689 enlisted men, approximately one-sixth of the enlisted
strength of the Marine Corps, competently organized and ready for
active service, sailed on the Henderson, De Kalh, and Hancock from
the United States, forming one-fiith of the first expedition of American
troops for service in France.
This regiment was soon joined by the Sixth Eegiment and the
Sixth Machine Gun Battalion of Marines, and the Fourth Brigade of
Marines was organized, and as one of the two Infantry brigades of the
Second Division of Regulars engaged in actual battle in no less than
eight distinct operations in France, of which four were major opera-
tions.
The French Army recognized the splendid work of the Fifth and
Sixth Regiments of Marines by citing them no less than thi'ee times
in Army orders for achievements in the Chateau-Thierry sector, in
the Aisne-Marne (Soissons) offensive, and in the Mouse-Argonne
(Champagne). The Sixth Machine Gun Battahon was similarly
cited for its work in the Chateau-Thierry sector and Aisne-Marne
(Soissons) offensive. The Fourth Brigade received a similar cita-
tion for its work in the Chateau-Thierry sector. Since two French
Army citations are sufficient to make an organization eligible for the
award of the French fourragere, the high standard of the Marine units
is evident. Information was received in January, 1920, that the War
Department had accepted the award of the French fourragere in the
colors of the ribbon of the Croix do Guerre for several Army organi-
zations and the three units of the Fourth Brigade.
10 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS iN THE WORLD WAR.
Within one year after the outbreak of war the Marine Corps
placed about as many enhsted men in France as there were in the
Marine Corps wlien war was declared.
During the month of June, 1918, when the battle deaths around
Hill 142, Bouresches, Belleau Wood, and Vaux, of Americans attached
to the Second Division amounted to 1 ,811 (of which at least 1 ,062 were
Marines) and the nonfatal casualties to 7,252 more (of which 3,615 were
Marines), the legislative strength of the Marine Corps was but 1,323
officers and 30,000 enlisted men; the actual strength on June 30, 1918,
including reserves, was 1,424 officers and 57,298 enlisted men, and
of this total about 300 officers and 14,000 enlisted men were in France.
These latter figures include those Marines who suffered casualties in
the battles of June, 1918.
Approximately 30,000 Marines were sent overseas to join the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces, and 1,600 for naval duty ashore.
During the war a great many additional Marine detachments were
detailed to guard the radio stations, naval magazines, ammunition
depots, warehouses, cable stations and for other naval activities,
and the detachments already established were largely augmented.
No call was made for additional Marines for naval purposes that was
not fully met, and this is of especial interest as the Marine Corps is
essentially a part of the Naval Establishment, and its first duty is to
fill all naval needs and requirements. It was believed to be essential
that the Marine Corps should do its full part in this war, and for that
reason it was absolutely necessary that the Marines should join the
Army on the western front, taking care, however, that this should
not at any time interfere in the slightest degree with the filhng
of all naval requirements.
The Marine Corps, while maintaining the Fourth Brigade of
Marines, a total of 258 officers and 8,211 enlisted men, that fought
in eight battle operations suffering approximately 12,000 casualties,
placed and maintained the Fifth Brigade of Marines of the same
strength in France; supplied the commanding general of the Second
Division, and many officers on his staff; furnished a considerable
number of officers to command Army units of the Second and other
divisions, and for staff and detached duty throughout the American
Expeditionary Forces; participated in the naval aviation activities
in France and in the Azores; and during the period of the v/ar suc-
ceeded in performing in a highly satisfactory manner the naval
duties required of it, including the maintenance of two brigades of
prewar strength standing by to protect the Mexican oil fields, and
as an advanced base force in Philadelphia; one in Cuba; one in Santo
Domingo, and one in Haiti; administered and officered the Haitian
Gendarmerie and Guardia Nacional Dominicana; as well as provid-
ing efficient Marine detachments for numerous naval vessels, and
maintaining garrisons at the numerous navy yards and naval sta-
tions in the United States; and in the Virgin Islands; Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba; Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands; Guam; Cavite and
Olongapo, P. I. ; Managua, Nicaragua; Peking, China; San Juan, P. R.;
London, England; Cardiff, Wales; Paris, France; and the Azores;
and supplied many officers and enlisted men for special and detached
duty at home and abroad.
Chapter II.
STATUTORY AND ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE MARINE CORPS
ON VARIOUS DATES.
STATUTORY STRENGTH.
The act of Cono;ress of August 29, 1916, increased the authorized
strength of the Marine Corps from 344 officers and 9,921 enlisted
men to 597 officers and 14,981 enlisted men, and the President was
authorized in an emergency to further increase the corps to 693 offi-
cers and 17,400 enlisted men, which he did by Executive order on
March 26, 1917.
On April 6, 1917, Congress declared "that a state of war exists
between the United States and the Imperial German Government"
and one and one-half months later, on May 22, 1917, temporarily
increased the authorized strength to 1,197 commissioned officers, 126
warrant officers, and 30,000 enlisted men. Finally, the act of July
1, 1918, temporarily increased the Marine Corps to 3,017 commis-
sioned officers, 324 warrant officers, and 75,500 enlisted men, which
is the maximum strength ever authorized for the Marine Corps. Of
this number 17,400 were permanent and 57,650 temporary. In addi-
tion to the above, the act of August 29, 1916, which established the
Marine Corps Reserve, permits the enrollment of reserves without
limit as to number, and on AprU 6, 1917, there were enrolled, subject
to call to active duty, three Reserve commissioned officers, 24 National
Naval Volunteer officers, 36 Reserve enlisted men, and 928 enlisted
National Naval Volunteers. There were also available for recall to
active duty 65 regular retired commissioned officers, one regular
retired warrant officer, and 210 regular retired enlisted men.
ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE MARINE CORPS AT THE BEGINNING AND
END OF THE WAR.
On April 6, 1917, the strength of the Marine Corps on active duty
\vas as follows :
Regular commissioned officers:
Major General Commandant 1
Brigadier generals 7
C ilonels 13
Lieutenant colonels 27
^Majors 59
(Japtaiiis 119
First lieutenants 87
Second lieutenants 106
Total regular officers 419
Regular commissioned retired officers:
On active duty 43
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12 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
Regular warrant officers :
Marine gunners 20
Quartermaster clerks 20
Pay clerks [i
Total warrant officers 49
Total regular officers 511
Total regular enlisted men 13, 214
Total strength, on active duty 13, 725
On November 11, 1918, the strength of the Marine Corps on active
duty was as follows :
Regular commissioned officers:
Major General Commandant 1
Major generals 2
Brigadier generals 13
C9lonels - 43
Lieutenant-colonels 52
Majors 199
Captains 522
First lieutenants 436
Second lieutenants 413
Total Regular officers 1, 681
Commissioned retired officers: '
On active duty 43
Reserve officers on active duty:
Majors 7
Captains 33
First lieutenants 63
Second lieutenants 360
Total Reserve officers 463
Total commissioned officers an active duty 2, 187
Regular warrant officers :
Marine gunners - - 109
Quartermaster clerks 89
Pay clerks 56
Total 254
Reserve warrant officers :
Marine gunners 27
Quartermaster clerks 2
Pay clerks 4
Total 33
Total warrant officers on active duty 287
Total officers on active duty 2, 474
Enlisted personnel:
Regular 63,714
Retired enlisted men on active duty 15
Reserves, on active duty 6, 483
Female reservists, on active duty 277
Total 70,489
Total strength on active duty 72, 963
UNITED STATES MARHSTE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 13
On December 11, 1918, the Marine Corps attained its maximum
strength on active duty, which was distributed as follows:
Regular commissioned officers 1, 678
Retired oilicers on active duty 44
Reserve commissioned officers 452
Regular warrant officers 257
Reserve warrant officers 31
Regular enlisted men 65, 666
Reserve enlisted men 6, 704
Female reservists 269
Total 75, 101
The maximum enlisted strength of the regular Marine Corps, not
including reserves, during the period between the outbreak of war
and the date the armistice became operative was 63,714 on Novem-
ber 9, 1918.
Chapter III.
RECRUITING- APPLICANTS, REJECTIONS, ENLISTMENTS-ENLIST-
MENTS RY STATES.
The recruiting service of the corps was enlarged greatly during
the war and it was so well organized and its method of procedure
Avas so efficient that it was able to stand the enormous increase of
the corps. The real test of any organization comes when a very
great increase is suddenly made and the recruiting service of the
Marine Corps passed that test in a commendable manner.
On August 8, 1918, by Executive order, volunteer enlistments
in the Marine Corps and enrollments in the reserve were stopped,
and from that time until October 1, 1918, no men were enlisted in
the corps with the exception of those whose cases were pending when
the Executive order above mentioned was issued and some whose
enlistments expired and were reenlisted. On September 16, 1918,
the Secretary of War approved the terms of a tentative plan pro-
posed in an informal conference by representatives of the Navy
Department, the Marine Corps, the General Staff, and the Provost
Marshal General's Office.
This plan in part provided that the Marine Corps was accorded the
privilege of individual inductions to the amount of 5,000 men, for
the months of October, November, and December, 1918, and January,
1919, and 1,500 thereafter.
As the plan above mentioned operated the men were supplied from
the selective draft, but the choice was given the Marine Corps of
accepting or rejecting men according to the way they measured up
to the Marine Corps standards. The inductees also had a choice
in the matter, so they were really "voluntary inductees." This plan
was very favorable and permitted the Marine Corps to maintain its
high standard of enlisted personnel.
Owing to the cessation of hostilities there were but few inductions
and none of the inductees ever reached France prior to the armistice
becoming effective. Regular voluntary inductions into the Marine
Corps (through Provost Marshal General) commenced October 1,
1918, and the last man was voluntarily inducted on December 13,
1918. Inductions occurred as follows:
October, 1918 2, 787
November, 1918 3, 880
December, 1918 421
Total 7, 088
Owing to the signing of the p.rriiistice, no more requests were
made to the Provost Marshal General for the induction of men after
November 18, 1918.
On December 2, 1918, the President, by proclamation, directed that
voluntary enlistments of registrants into the Navy and Marine
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
15
Corps would be permitted without notice to local boards, and the
provisions of the selective service law became inoperative so far as
the Marine Corps was concerned.
On December 4, 1918, recruiting on a very limited scale was
resumed by order of the Secretary of the Navy. On that date also,
enrollments in the Marine Corps Reserve were stopped.
Applica7i(s. rejections, enlistments, etc., regular Marine Corps, not including reservea
but including inductees, April, 1917, to November, 1918.
Date.
Appli-
cants.
Rejected
by com-
manding
olflcer.'
Rejected
by medical
"officer.^
Eloped.
Declined
oath.
Enlist-
ments.
Strength
Marine
Corps.
Apr. 1 . . .
Apr. 30..
May 31 . .
June 30..
July 31 . .
Aug. 31..
Sept. 30.
Oct. 31 . .
Nov. 30. .
Dec. 31 .
Jan. 31..
Feb.2s..
Mar. 31..
Apr. 30..
May 31..
June 30.
July 31.
Aug. 31.
Sept. 30.
Oct. 31 . .
Nov. 30.
Total.
41
74
47
21
37
29
33
14
22
29
31
18
44
73
70
224
115
199
2
2
11,(573
10,039
11,735
8,183
4,000
3,996
3,661
4,942
5,305
3,981
5,772
4,734
12,996
12,956
18,609
11,767
11,528
13,484
8, 923
9,129
239, 274
1,125
177,419
168
2,864
5,295
4,073
3,508
2,221
811
635
617
1,462
1,454
105
279
2,910
5,278
6,132
8,152
6,598
2,404
3,250
4,151
373
60,189
13,214
15,813
20,932
21,772
2,-, 045
2t,861
30,322
30, 576
30,855
32,016
33,184
33,045
33,093
35,690
40,722
45,384
52,712
57, 628
59, 556
62, 142
65,489
1 Rejections by commanding ofTicer include minors whose parents refused consent, married men whose
wives refused consent, a.id men with criminal records or who were o henvise imdesirable.
2 Rejections by medical officer include all rejections at recruiting office as well as those rejected by the
medical officer at the recruit depot to which they were transferred.
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UISTITED STATES MARIXE ("ORPS IX THE WORLD WAR.
ENLISTMENTS BY STATES.
The following table shows the number of men enlisted in the Marine
Corps, not including reserves enrolled but including inductees, be-
tween April 1, 1917, and November 11, 1918. These figures do not
include the 13,214 enlisted men alreadv in the Marine Corps on
April 6, 1917:
Nevada 86
New Jersey 1, 251
New Hampshire 67
New Mexico 25
New York 6, 782
North Carolina 488
North Dakota 225
Ohio 4,968
Oklahoma 384
Oregon 1, 006
Pennsylvania 4, 365
Rhode Island 64
South Carolina 66
South Dakota 145
Tennessee 1, 418
Texas 2, 205
Utah 898
Vermont 21
Virginia 617
Washington 1, 767
West Virginia 598
Wisconsin , 876
Wyoming 92
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California 2,
Colorado 1,
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois 4,
Idaho
Indiana 1,
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts 1,
Maryland
^Michigan 2,
Minnesota 2,
Missouri 3,
Mississippi
Montana 1,
Nebraska
313
210
290
527
262
240
72
451
110
674
959
508
182
607
673
592
832
24
957
867
115
581
721
297
205
461
Total 57,144
Statistics that will show the exact number of oflBcers and enlisted
men from each State are being prepared.
Chapter IV.
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND DISPOSITION OF MARINES
DURING WAR.
During the period of the war Marines served ashore and afloat all
over the world. The following tables show where they were located
at the outbreak of war and on the date the armistice became opera-
tive; also the naval vessels on which Marines were serving on both
of these dates; and the geographical location of Marines during the
war.
Location of Marines on April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
Location.
American Expeditionary Forces
Azores
China
Cuba
England (A. E. F.). See American Expe-
ditionary Forces.
England (not A. E. F.)
France (A. E. F.). See American Expe-
ditionary Forces.
France (not A. E. F.)
Germany (A. E. F.) See American Ex-
peditionary Forces.
Guam
Haiti
Hawaiian Islands
HoUand (The Hague)
Nicaragua
Philippine Islands
Torto Rico (San Juan)
Samoa
Santo Domingo
Sea duty
Spain (Madrid)
United States
Virgin Islands
Total.
Apr. 6, 1917.
Officers. Men. Total.
16
183
10
419
268
580
383
622
137
111
272
1,856
2,187
0,481
317
13,214
276
596
392
684
140
114
279
1,925
2,236
6,664
327
13, 033
Nov. 11, 1918.
Officers. Men. Total
1857
11
11
146
1,029
25
23,698
188
271
2,310
1,030
366
825
466
3
118
582
77
1,879
2,009
1
36,004
583
2,431 70,489
24,555
199
282
2,409
71
1,176
380
885
476
3
123
594
78
1
1,963
2,073
37,043
608
72,920
1 Including enlisted men commissioned in Europe.
MARINES SERVING ON BOARD NAVAL VESSELS.
Marine detachments served on board all the overseas battleships
and on the battlesliips of Battleship Force Two throughout the war.
The Marines of Battleship Force One of which the Minnesota was
flagship were temporarily withdi-awn in April, 1918.
Marines were also on board a gi-eat many of the cruisers which
acted as escorts for the vessels transporting Army troops to Europe.
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18
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
The following table shows in detail those vessels which carried
Marine detachments at the beginning of the war and on Armistice
Day:
Ship.
Apr. 6
, 1917.
Nov. 11, 1918.
Officers.
Men.
Officers.
Men.
Atlantic Fleet
1
1
1
Pacific Fleet
Asiatic Fleet
Battlesliip Force 2
Battleshiip Force . . .
i
Cruiser Force
Di\'lsion 6
. 1
1
Di\ision 7. .
Division 8
Pivision 9 (Sixtii Battle Squadron)
\
1
2
40
83
76
69
20
Arizona
2
2
2
88
Arkansas
86
Brooklyn
88
Castine
Charleston
2
1
62
Cincinnati
1
40
19
65
6
65
40
38
15
66
41
Columbia
Connecticut
3
Constellation.
7
Delaware .
1
1
2
70
Denver
Des Moines .
Dolphin
20
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
63
Frederick
64
-1
39
40
George Washington
97
Helena
1
30
25
Huntington
61
19
Louisiana
1
20
15
62
68
Machias
Mayflower
5
Michigan
2
2
Minnesota
Mississippi
2
2
78
Montana
1
1
1
1
1
62
68
77
67
6
72
Nebraska
Nevada
2
79
New Hampshire
New Jersey . . .
New Mexico ....
2
2
2
2
2
68
New York
1
77
20
North Carolina.
65
North Dakota
1
2
1
1
2
64
77
40
94
75
19
69
64
61
65
65
Oklahoma
80
Olympia
Pennsylvania
3
2
133
Pittsburgh
105
Pueblo
1
1
1
2
2
15
Rhode Island . .-
Seattle ..
South Carolina
South Dakota
2
2
2
2
1
2
59
62
Texas
1
2
1
1
72
62
30
78
20
78
Utah .
72
Wilmington. .
30
Wyoming . .
82
Yorktowii
'
Total
49
2,187
64
2,009
In addition to the above-named vessels, Marines served on the
Leviathan, Albany, New Orleans, Georgia, Kansas, Vermont, San Diego,
and Virginia.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 19
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF MARINES DURING THE WAR.
During the period of the war Marines were stationed at the fol-
lowing posts :
UNITED STATES.
Narij yards and stations. — Portsmouth, N. H. ; Boston; New York;
Philadelphia; Annapohs; Washington, D. C. ; Norfolk, Va.; Charles-
ton, S. v.] Key West, Fla.; Pensacola, Fla.; New Orleans; Mare
Island, Calif. ; f*uget Sound, Wash. ; and North Island, Calif.
Naval tnagazines. — Hingham, Mass.; Fort Lafayette; lona Island,
N. y.; Lake Denmark, N. J.; Fort Mifflin, Pa.; St. Juliens Creek,
Va. ; and Mare Island, Calif.
Naval ammunition depots. — Dover, N. J., and New London, Conn.
Torpedo stations. — Puget Sound, Wash., and Newport, Iv. I.
Radio stations, etc. — Greenbury, Md.; Point Isabel, Tox.; Radio,
Va.; Key West, Fla.; Chatham, Mass.; Portland, Mo.; Rye Beach,
Me.; Otter CHffs, Me.; naval radio station, Wellfleet, Mass.; French
Cable Co., Orleans, Mass.; Postal Telegraph and Cable Co., Rock-
port, Mass.; Commercial Telegraph & Cable Co., Boston; Marconi
Wireless Co., Boston; Western Union Co., Boston; Capo Cod, Mass.;
Sayville, N. Y.; New Brunswick, N. J.; Belmar, N. J.; Tuckerton,
N. J.; Beaufort, S. C. ; Charleston, S. C. ; Annapolis, Md. ; Washington,
D. C. ; San Diego, Calif. ; Chollas Heights, Calif. ; Point Arguello, Calif.;
Inglewood, Calif.; East San Pedro, Calif.; Eureka, Cahf.; Bolinas,
Calif.; Marshall, Calif.; Farallones Islands, Calif.; Marshfield, Oreg.;
Astoria, Oreg.; Lents, Oreg.; Tatoosli, Wash.; North Head, Wash.
Naval prisons. — Portsmouth, N. H.; Parris Island, S. C; and Mare
Island, Calif.
Naval lospitals. — Boston; New York; Washington, D. C; Norfolk,
Ya,. ; Key West, Fla. ; and Fort Lyons, Col.
Coaling stations. — La Playa, Calif., and Tiburon, Calif.
Receiving ship.— Boston.
Other places. — Headquarters, Washington, D. C. ; Office of the Judge
Advocate General; assistant paymasters' ofFices at New York,
Atlanta, Ga., and San Francisco, Calif. ; depots of supplies at Philadel-
phia, Pa., San Francisco, Calif., and Charleston, S. C.; naval experi-
mental station. New London, Conn. ; naval district base. New Loudon,
Conn. ; advanced base force, Philadelphia, Pa. ; mobilization bureau.
New York City; third naval district base, New York; New Navy
Building guard, Wasliington, D. C; naval mine station, Yorktown,
Va.; naval base, Hampton Roads, Va.; Navy rifle range, Wakefield,
Mass.; rifle range, Wintlirop, Md.; naval proving grounds, Indian
Head, Md.; Wissahickon Barracks, N. J.; Navy fuel depot, Curtis,
Md.; Navy ordnance plant, Charleston, W. Va. ; camp of instruction,
bayonet team, Lansdowne, Pa.; signal battalion, Paoli, Pa.; staff
office, San Francisco, Calif . ; Marine barracks, Quantico, Va.; Fort
Crockett, Galveston, Tex.; Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La.; naval
air station. Cape May, N. J.; naval air station, San Diego, Calif.;
naval school for mechanics, Great Lakes, 111.; naval air station,
Pensacola, Fla.; Ai-my training field, Mineola, Long Island, N. Y. ;
Marine Corps School of Machine Gun Instruction at L^tica, N. Y.;
and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
20 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
BEYOND CONTINENTAL LIMITS OF UNITED STATES.
American Expeditionary Forces. — In France, England, and Germany.
With naval service in Europe. — Paris, France; Pauillac, France;
London, England; Marine aerodromes between Calais and Dunkirk,
France; Croix d'Hins, Gironde, France; naval base, Ponta Delgada,
Azores Islands; Cardiff, Wales.
Naval stations. — Cavite, P. I.; Olongapo, P. I.; Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Virgin Islands; Guam.
Occupation forces. — Santo Domingo, Haiti.
Legation guards. — Peking, China; and Managua, Nicaragua.
Couriers. — Madrid, Spain; The Hague, Holland; Luxembourg;
Jassy, Roumania; Stockholm, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark;
Christiania, Norway; Petrograd, Archangel, Murman Coast, Russia;
Paris, France; London, England; Athens, Greece; and Rome, Italy.
Constabularies. — Guardia Nacional Dominicana and Haitian gen-
darmerie.
Radio stations. — Cavite, P. I.; San Juan, Porto Rico; El Cayay,
Porto Rico; Haiti; Croix d'Hins, Gironde, France.
Naval ammunition depot. — Olongapo, P. I.
Naval magazine.— V earl Harbor, Hawaii.
Depot of supplies. — Cavite, P. I.
AttacMs. — Paris, France; London, England; Yokohama, Japan;
Petrograd, Russia; Stockholm, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark; and
Christiania, Norway.
Chapter V.
HOW OFFICERS WERE ORTAINED AND TRAINED.
HOW OFFICERS WERE OBTAINED.
! a4jpuiii permanent service and lor tne
?eCpo™Seal'eautWed1ortL'd^^
from the foUomng sources: ^
Graduates of the Naval Academy ■.'.■'.'.''.'.'.'... 1
Former officer of the Marine Oorps- 1
Former graduate of the Naval Academy - ■^—.-■^—■^ '...'. 89
Warrant-officers and P.^Y.^^^i^^ l,^i?,^,Vthe mS Cor^^^^ 122
Meritorious noncommissioned officers of the Marine L-orps .... ^^
Reserve officers and National Naval Volunteers 284
j:*„ fi,a troininff of the new officers, advantage
In order to expedite the t^'"'^? 7- ™p '„„T,„serve and success-
was taken of the law P'-°"dmg or a Ma^neCor^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^
ful candidates were immediately en^^^^^^^^ ^^^
reserve and ordered to Marine \?'P^ P"**;" ' , service. Candidates
issuance of their commissions '" *''„^^Sular sem«? authorized
designated for the examination ^e f fuly 0 1 JiT, w^e
upol designation^t.^^em^n as^P^iv^^^^^^^ /^^„,„,,„„
rjs^iftr^'rrir h^^^^^^^^^ - 1^« ™ -
educTtiSn and fine f tainments who had enl st^^^^^^ rppoTntmen'Js
after the outbreak of war, '/ ™^ ''^''^f^^tnatt woSd be made during
of civiUans to the rank of second lieutenant wou . j ^-^^^
the continuance of the war and that all ™«^«J^Xw, would be
grade, not required for g^^j^^t^^<™s nontmmis^^^^^ ofiice,^
Sd^Jis*!ji%rroSlgatcUrrrvic:in Marine Corps Orders
No. 25 (Series 1917). 21
22 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
HOW OFFICERS WERE TRAINED.
The officers appointed from civil life, as soon as enrolled, were
ordered to the Marine barracks. Mare Island, Calif.; San Diego,
Calif.; Parris Island, S. C. ; and the Marine Corps rifle range, Win-
throp, Md., for instruction, pending the completion of the buildings
for their use at the Marine barracks, Quantico, Va. Early in July,
1917, the buildings being in readiness, the newly appointed officers,
about 345 in number, were assembled at Quantico, where an officers'
camp of instruction was held, and the course completed in October,
1917.
In carrying out the policy of obtaining officers from the ranks,
orders were issued to commanding officers of every post and station
of the Marine Corps, both at home and abroad, as well as those on
board ship, to the effect that all commissioned officers would be
taken from the ranks, and that the number of men to be designated
from each post to attend the training camp would be a certain per-
centage of the number of men stationed at such post or station.
Each commanding officer was ordered to convene a board of three
officers to examine into the qualifications of the men at his post,
and to report in the order of merit the names of the men considered
quahfied for entry to the officers' training camp at Quantico, Va.
These reports were all forwarded to headquarters, where a board
was convened to examine them and to select, in accordance with their
standing as reported by the various boards, the number of men who
it had been decided could be quartered and properly instructed at
Quantico. It was found that about 600 was the limit that could be
accommodated, and approximately this number was selected for the
first camp, which was established at Quantico, Va., in April, 1918.
The officers' training camp was commanded by an officer of ade-
quate rank. The students were divided into companies with a
major in command as chief instructor and captains and lieutenants
to assist him. The candidates were given a very rigid coiu'se of
instruction and intensive training. Some of the studies pursued
were: Infantry drill regulations, manual of interior guard duty,
bayonet training, bombing, minor tactics, military engineering,
military topography, administration, military law, lectures on gas
and on sea duty, and a practical course on the rifle range.
The training at these camps was most intensive and thoroughly
competitive, so that a man's position depended entirely upon him-
self. The material to draw from was so excellent that comparatively
few of those who entered the camps failed to receive commissions
and many of the young men so commissioned who were assigned to
duty abroad demonstrated that their selection was fully justified.
Many officers also received special training in the schools of the
Overseas Depot at Quantico, Va.
The majority of the members of the first officers' training camp
were graduated in July, 1918. Tliree hundred of this camp were com-
missioned on July 15, 1918, and 91 on August 15, 1918.
The same proportionate allowance that was made in the United
States was also designated for the Marines serving in France, and
similar means were instituted there to carry out the policy of selec-
tion of men for the training camp. As a result of the camp estab-
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
23
lished over there, 164 second lieutenants were appointed from the
Fourth Brigade in France. ^ ^ r\ +• ^7^
The second officers' training camp was opened at Quantico, Va.,
on August 20, 1918, the enUsted men forming its persomiel ha^ng
been selected n exactly the same manner as those attending the first
camp and this procedure was also followed with regard to the Marines
of the American Expeditionary Forces m France Of the 570
men 4iXd 432 were graduated from the second officers training
^amp! December 16, lofs, and 172 from the Army candidate school
in France, who, immediately upon graduating, wexe enrolled as
second lie itenants (prorisional) in class 4, Marine Corps Reserve
ami subsequently appointed temporary second heutenantsm the
Zrine Corps. An extension of three weeks to this course ni America
wn^ necessitated bv the epidemic of influenza. , . , ra ,
There weT235^gra in July, 1919, from the third officei^
training camp who'were enrolled as second lieutenants (provisional)
in class 4, Marine Corps Reserve, and immediately assigned to inactive
"^""There were also 48 graduates of the Army candidate school m
France who were enrolled as second lieutenants (provisional) m
rJass 4 Marine Corps Reserve, and who were discharged or placed on
'i^^ctive duJy upon then- return to the United States, with, the ex-
ception of four who were transferred to the temporary service.
Sixty-nine officers were graduated from the Marine Corps school
of machine-gun instruction at Utica N. Y. f^^ ,^;..t;mi
Information regarding the trammg of Marine officers for aviation
duties will be found in Chapter XXI.
MARINE SECTIONS, STUDENT ARMY TRAINING CORPS.
In the act approved August 31, 1918 provision was made for a
Student Army Traming Corps, and under date of September 12
1918 ihe Secretary of War directed the Provost Marshal General to
allot 1 500 of the registrants authorized for induction into the Student
Army Training Corps to the Marine sections under that ovganm^Uon
On Septembei"23, 1918, with the approval of the Navy Department,
Marine C^n.s headquarters designated the following institutions for
tiroig^Wtion of ^Marine sections of the Student Army Traming
Corps and allotted quotas to each ranging from 100 to 190:
• • no
Leland Stanford Junior University |
Georgia School of Technology -^^^
Harvard University -^^q
University of Minnesota -j^^^
Cornell University , gQ
University of Washington ^^^
University of Texas -^^^
Yale University -|^^q
University of Kansas. -j^qq
University of Wisconsin ^^^
Vu'ginia Military Institute ,^^
University of North Carolina
• A Marme officer was ordered to each of the designated institutions
and charcred with the duties of administration, instruction, and disci-
pline of the Marine section, with the assistance of a noncommissioned
officer of the Marine Corps.
24 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
It was intended to transfer, from time to time well-oualifipd «f„
dents who were mducted into Marine section^, of f^ri;?, t^ , a ^^""
either the Marine Corns Reserve Fhn^o.p5^ commissioned in
Chapter VI.
TRAINING OF ENLISTED MEN IN THE UNITED STATES AND
EUROPE.
IN UNITED STATES.
The Marine Corps system of training for the enlisted personnel
during the war was thorough and excellent in every respect, and re-
sulted in the turning out of men who proved themselves well fitted
for the arduous duties of Marines.
For a short time after the outbreak of the war temporary recruit
depots were opened at the navy yards at Philadelphia, Pa., and Nor-
folk, Ya., with a capacity of 2,500 at the former and 500 at the latter.
These were used until the regular recruit depots at Parris Island,
S. C, and Mare Island, Calif., could accommodate the recruits.
These two recruit depots were greatly enlarged both in size and scope,
to take care of the temporary increase in strength authorized for the
war, and were soon able to meet all demands made upon them.
At the beginning of the war the course of recruit instruction at the
recruit depot, Parris Island, was of 8 weeks duration, and with but
very few exceptions every recruit passing through this depot received
8 weeks instruction. At the Mare Island recruit depot, the recruits
received 12 weeks training from April 6 to 28, 1917, 9 weeks from
April 29, 1917, to June 21, 1918, and 8 weeks from June 22 to Novem-
ber 11, 1918.
The following table gives a list of the special schools at the Parris
Island recruit depot and the number of graduates from each during
the period between the outbreak of war and the date the armistice
became operative:
Noncommissioned OfRcers School 2, 144
Field Musics School 493
Radio School 143
Signal School 232
Band School 247
Clerical School 236
Pay School 78
Cooks, and Bakers, School 150
Total 3. 723
The following table illustrates what was accomplished by the two
recruit depots:
In training—
Maximum
strength
of post.
Maximum
number of
recruits at
one time.
Total
recruits
handled.
Maximum
capacity.
Depot.
Apr. 6,
1917.
Nov. 11,
1918.
Parris Island
835
358
4,104
1,143
16,601
2,799
13,286
2,470
46,202
11,901
13,060
3,000
Mare Island
Total
1,193
5,247
19,400
15, 756
58, 103
16,060
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26 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
After leaving the recruit depots at Parris Island and Mare Island,
advanced training was given the men at Quantico, Va. This training
was most intensive and as a result all the organizations which were
trained there attained a high state of efficiency. It was made to
approximate as nearly as practicable the real service which the men
would have in the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Of-
ficers who were engaged in this training showed great ingenuity and
efficiency in their attempts to make the training approach as nearly
as possible what the men would be subjected to in actual service.
That tliey succeeded was shown by the work done by the Marines in
France and other places.
The first troops arrived at the Marine barracks, Quantico, Va., on
May 18, 1917. The maximum enlisted strength was 9,849 on Sep-
tember 12, 1918. The maximum number of officers present at one
time was 484, on August 16, 1918. The strength on November
11, 1918, was 329 officers and 8,798 enlisted men. From May, 1917,
to November 11, 1918, approximately 1,000 officers and 40,000
enlisted men passed through Quantico, Va.
In addition to giving the enlisted men general training at Quantico
in preparation for overseas and other duty, the Overseas Depot was
established on May 19, 1918, for the double purpose of organizing
and training units of the Marine Corps for service with the American
Expeditionary Forces.
Prior to the organization of this depot the Fifth and Sixth Regi-
ments, the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, the Base Battalion of the
Fifth Regiment, and two replacement battalions had left the Ignited
States and had become part of the American Expeditionary Force.
The Overseas Depot consisted of an administrative staff and the
various sections as foUows: (a) Tlie specialists' schools for the
technical traming of the infantry and machine gun, and the coordina-
tion of these specialists' arms; (6) the tactical department for the
instruction and training of overseas units in new tactical prmciples;
(c) the enlisted staff school for the training of first sergeants, mess
sergeants, cooks, company clerks, armorers, etc. Two French and
four Canadian officers, who had abundant experience in the fighting
in Europe, were assigned as advisors of the commanding officer.
The basic independent unit of organization was the platoon, and
the platoon therefore became the principal traming unit. In the
organization of this unit the scheme followed was to assure to each
a certain nucleus of enlisted instructors trained in the various
specialties, in addition to the platoon commanders, who were qualified
to carry on the instruction along approved lines witlim the unit.
This nucleus was taken from the graduates of the specialists' schools of
the depot. When four such platoons had beenformed they were assem-
bled into a company. The company headquarters, trained in the
enlisted staff school, was added to the four platoons and the com-
pany organization was turned over to the company commander
complete in all details. Battalions were likewise formed by the
consolidation of companies. In every instance the platoon, com-
pany, and the battalion, carried out a regular schedule of drills and
instructions under the supervision of the depot, but all adminis-
trative details were left in the hands of the company and the battalion
commanders. These training schedules were made up in the tacti-
cal department, approved by the commanding officer, and were
"UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR,
27
based on the most approved methods in effect at the time. In the cases
of the formation of regimental organizations, of which there were two
formed durmg the existence of the Ovei*seas Depot, the battahons
upon being formed were turned over to the regimental commander,
and in this case direct supervision by the depot ceased, but all
facilities on hand, such as material, officers acting in an advisory
capacity, training areas, etc., directly attached to the depot, were
placed at the disposal of the regimental commanders who were at
all times in active liaison with the depot.
About 85 per cent of the troops forming the detachments arriving at
the Overseas Depot for service in France had undergone not less than 8
nor more than 12 weeks' training at the regular recruit de]>ots of the
Marine Corps. The preliminary training received at tliese recruit
depots was such as to fit the men for general service throughout the
Marine Corps, and resulted in the men being M^ell disciplined, consider-
ing the short time they had been in the service. Tliis facilitated the
more advanced and specialized training they were to receive at the
Overseas Depot. These detachments were composed entirely of
qualified riflemen, having undergone during the recruit period a most
thorough and comprehensive course in the use of the rifle. Upon the
arrival of these detachments they were organized as outlined above,
and the commissioned personnel was assigned to the units from the
officers' school. The schedule and drills and instructions were pro-
vided them and were carried out under the supervision of specially
selected officers of the tactical department of the Overseas Depot,
includmg the foreign officers. This training continued until the
units departed for France. Training in open warfare was given
precedence over that of trench warfare from the very beginning in
the proportion of about four to one.
The following units were organized by the Overseas Depot: Tliird,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Separate Battalions;
Second and TTiird Machine Gun Battalions; Fifth Brigade Machine
Gun Battalion; Second and Third Se])arate Machine Gun Battal-
ions; Eleventh and Tliirteenth Regiments; total, approximately,
16,000 officers and enlisted men. The Seventh and Eighth Sep-
arate Battalions were organized and sent to France from ]\Iarine
Barracks, Parris Island, S. C.
The following table shows the schools conducted by the Overseas
Depot and the number of graduates:
School.
Officers.
Noncom-
missioned
officers.
Privates.
Total.
Officers
294
294
Bayonet
360
200
180
150
75
145
70
105
220
150
580
Bombiug
350
Gas
180
Automatic Kifle
G50
375
295
80
300
800
Scout Snipers
450
Machine Gun
120
5G0
Miners and Suppers
150
Enlisted StaC
405
Total
414
1,285
2,070
3,769
28 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
In addition to the training described above, 69 officers and 2,084
enlisted men, a total of 2,153, graduated from the Marine Corps
school of machine-gun instruction at Utica, N. Y.
Never before in the history of the corps have better drilled and
trained or more generally efficient men been turned out, ready for
duty, upon completion of their training, and to this factor is largely
due the splendid record made by the Marines during the war.
The work of the officers training the Marines was not spectacular,
and they wear no war chevrons, nor decorations for bravery, per-
haps, but they were, nevertheless, a vital factor in whatever success
the Marine Corps met with in the great struggle.
Information with reference to the training of enlisted men for
aviation will be found in Chapter XXI.
TRAINING IN FRANCE.
On June 27, 1917, the First Battalion of the Fifth Regiment actu-
ally landed in France and on July 3, 1917, the entire Fifth Regiment
was under canvas on French soil. From that date every effort was
made to train the men and officers. Elements of the Fifth Regiment
trained as a part of the First Division of Regulars from July 15, 1917,
to September, 1917, in the Gondrecourt training area. From Sep-
tember, 1917, on, the training of the available units of the Fourth
Brigade as a unit of the Second Division of Regulars was conducted
in the Bourmont training area.
Until February, 1918, the training of the Marines in France was
handicapped by the fact that units of the Brigade were engaged in
duties along the Line of Communications (Services of Supply), one
company and a battalion commander being absent in England until
March, 1918. It was not until the middle of February, 1918, that
the Fourth Brigade of Marines (less the company in England) was
conducting its training as a brigade with any degree of satisfaction.
Owing to the weU-trained condition of the individual Marine this
condition did not vitally affect his professional ability as was so
distinctly shown by his later accomplishments.
The Fourth Brigade continued its training in the Bourmont train-
ing area until the middle of March, 1918, when it entered the front
line trenches in the Verdun sector.
The Marine replacements received little or no training in a train-
ing area in France as most of them were hurried into the fighting
immediately upon arrival overseas.
To summarize, the average Marine who arrived in France received
at least six weeks' training in the United States in a recruit depot
and a very short period at Quantico. This is a contrast to the six
months' training received by the average enlisted man of the Army.
After arrival in France the Marines, except those of the original
Fourth Brigade, received practically no training in a training area
since they joined the brigade almost immediately. The Marines
comprising the Fifth Brigade of Marines received no training in a
regular training area in France.
Chapter VII.
ORGANIZATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS SENT TO EUROPE-
ORGANIZATION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH BRIGADES.
THE FOURTH BRIGADE OF MARINES.
The Fourth Brigade of United States Marines was composed of
the Fifth and Sixth Regiments of Marines, and tlio vSixth Machine
Gun Battalion of Marines.
The companies forming the battalions were as follows:
First Battalion.
17th (A) Company.
49th (B) Company.
66th (C) Companv.
67th (D) Company.
First Battalion.
74th (A) Company.
75th (B) Company.
76th (C) Companv.
95th (D) Company.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
Second Battalion.
18th (E) Companv.
43d (F) Company.
51st (G) Company.
55th (H) Company.
8th Machine Gun Company,
Supply Company.
Headquarters Company.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
Second Battalion.
78th (E) Companv.
79th (F) Company.
80th (G) Company.
96th (H) Company.
73d Machine Gun Company.
Supply Company.
Headquarters Company.
SIXTH MACHINE GUN BATTALION.
Third Battalion.
16th (I) Companv.
20th (K) Company.
45th (L) Company.
47th (M) Company.
Third Battalion.
82nd (I) Companv.
83rd (K) Company.
84th (L) Company.
97th (M) Company.
15th (A) Company.
23d (B) Company.
77th (C) Company.
81st (D) Company.
From June 27, 1917, to the middle of September, 1917, the Fifth
Regiinent was a unit of the First Division of Regulars. Although
the Fifth Regiment was the only organization of Marines in France
at the time, the Fourth Brigade of Marines was formed on October 23,
1917, when Col. Charles A. Doyen cabled acceptance of his appoint-
ment as Brigadier General. From October 26, 1917, to August 8,
1919, the Fourth Brigade was a part of the Second Division of Regu-
lars, except from October 20-23, 1918, when the Brigade was pro-
visionally at the disposal of the Ninth French Army Corps, in the
vicinity of LefRncourt. On August 8, 1919, the brigade was trans-
ferred back to the naval service.
On May 29, 1917, in accordance with directions issued by the
President, the Secretary of the Navy directed the Major General
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30 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
Commandant "to organize a force of Marines to be known as the
Fifth Regiment of Marines for service with the Army as a part of
the first expedition to proceed to France in the near future." The
Fifth Regiment was accordingly organized at the navy yard, Phila-
delphia, Pa., on June 7, 1917, with Col. Charles A. Doyen in com-
mand, and Maj. Harry R. Lay, as adjutant.
Gen. Pershing and his staff, accompanied by two Marine officers,
preceded the first expedition to France, sailing late in May, 1917,
from the United States.
The final report of the American commander in chief includes the
following :
The offer }:)y the Navy Department of one regiment of Marines to be reorganized
as Infantry was accepted by the Secretary of War. and it became temporarily a part
of the First Division.
On June 14, 1917, the first expedition of American troops left the
United States for France and the Fifth Regiment of Marines em-
barked on the naval transports Henderson and Hancock, and the
auxiliary cruiser De Kalh (former Prints Eitel FriedricJi), formed
approximately one-fifth of it. The fourth group, including the
Hancock, did not sail until June 17, 1917.
The orders received by the convoy commander on the day prior
to sailing read in part: "A military expedition is to be embarked
on the above-named transports, augmented by a regiment of Ma-
rines embarked in naval vessels, for transportation to a destination
already communicated."
The De Kalh was in group 1, the Henderson in group 2, and the
HancocJc in group 4 ; all were part of the escort and not the convoy.
Rear-Admiral Albert Gleaves, the convoy commander, flying his
flag on the Seattle, personally commanded the first group, while
Maj. Gen. W. L. Sibert in the Tenedores, was the senior Ai'my officer
embarked.
The passage of the four groups across the Atlantic was successfully
accomplished without a single disaster, or the loss of a life due to
enemy causes.
At 10. 15 p. m., June 22, 1917, the first group, including the De Kalh,
was attacked by enemy submarines. The wake of a submarine was
sighted crossing 50 yards ahead of the Seattle's bow from starboard to
port. A few seconds later the De .Kalh and Havana sighted torpedoes
and opened fire.. Two torpedoes passed close to the Havana, and one
passed ahead and one astern of the De Kalh. The second group
encountered two submarines, the first at 11.50 a. m., June 26, 1918,
about 100 miles off the French coast and the second two hours later.
The De Kalh arrived at St. Nazaire, France, on June 26, 1917, the
Henderson on June 27, 1917, and the Hancock on July 2, 1917. On
June 27, 1917, the commanding officer of the Fifth Regiment reported
to the commanding general, First Division, American Expeditionary
Forces, and from that date the Fifth Regiment was considered as being
detached for service with the Army by direction of the President.
Five hundred negro stevedores had been brought from the United
States by the Army to discharge ships, but they were found in-
adequate for the large number of ships concerned. The Marines
relieved the situation somewhat by turning to and discharging their
own vessels.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 31
On June 27, 1917, the First Battalion, less the Fifteenth Company
which joined the battalion the following day, disembarked from the
De Kalh and occupied quarters ashore. On this date Lieut. Col.
Logan Feland joined the Fifth Regiment. On June 28, 1917, the
Second and Third Battalions went ashore from the Henderson for a
practice march, and the following day the First Battalion erected
tents for the regiment on a camp site a short distance outside of
St. Nazaire. By 8 p. m., July 3, 1917, the entire Fifth Regiment
was ashore under canvas. r^i . , -r» i-
On July 15, 1917, the Fifth Regiment, less the Third Battalion,
which remained behind to perform guard duty and other detached
units and officers, proceeded to the Gondrecourt training area, and
was stationed in Menaucourt and Naix.
On August 1, 1917, Gen. Pershing inspected the battalions at the
two towns where they were billetted. •. , tj •
On August 15, 1917, the First Division, including the Fifth Regi-
ment of Marines, was reviewed by its commanding general on a
plateau 12 miles distant from the training area.
On August 19, 1917, Gen. Pershing and Gen. Retain, commander-
in-chief of all the French forces, inspected the Marines, as a unit of the
First Division. Gen. Retain congratulated the colonel of the regiment
on the splendid appearance of its officers and men, as well as the
cleanliness of the towns.
Every opportunity was taken advantage of to perfect the regiment
for combat duty, but this work was handicapped by the fact that
many units of the regiment were scattered along the Line of Com-
munications performing duty of a necessary but of a nontrammg
nature. One company and one battalion commander left the regi-
ment on September 22, 1917, for duty in England, and did not rejoin
the regiment until March 11, 1918. Many other officers and men
were placed on detached duty. .
On September 24, 25, 1917, that part of the Fifth Regiment avail-
able for training arrived in the Bourmont training area and was
stationed at Damblain and Breuvannes.
The following letter dated November 10, 1917, addressed by Gen.
Pershing to the Major General Commandant is both complimentary
and explanatory as to why the Marines were used along the Line of
Communications :
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I I'eel that I
can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their j)rothers
of the Army and their general good conduct. I take this opportunity, also of giving
you the reasons for distributing them along our Line of Communications which, besides
being a compliment to their high state of discipline and excellent soldierly ap-
pearance, was the natural thing to do as the Marine Regiment was an additional one m
the Division and not pro\dded for in the way of transportation and fighting equip-
ment in case the Division should be pushed to the front. When, therefore, service of
the rear troops and military and provost guards were needed at our base ports and
in Paris it was the Marine Regiment that had to be scattered, in an endeavor to
keep the rest of the organized division intact. . , v, i
I have been obliged to detach a number of your officei's as assistant provost marsiialB
in France and in England, all of which I take it you will agree with me was highly
complimentary to both officers and men, and was so intended. I can assure you that as
soon as our ser\dce of the rear troops arrive, including a large number otothcers and
men for the specific duties now being performed by your men, the Marines will be
brought back once more under your brigade commander and assigned to the duties
which they so much desire in the Second Regular Division under General Bundy.
It is a great pleasure to report on your fine representatives here in France.
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32 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
Col. Charles A. Doyen was in command of the Fifth Regiment
from the date of its organization on June 7, 1917, to October 29,
1917; and Lieut. Col. Hiram I. Bearss from October 30, 1917, to
December 31, 1917. Col. Wendell C. Neville having arrived on
on board the De KaTb at St. Nazaire, France, on December 28, 1917,
reported to the Fourth Brigade for duty on January 1, 1918, and
on that date assumed command of the Fifth Regiment, continuing
in command until July, 1918.
The Sixth Machine Gun Battalion of Marines was organized at the
Marine barracks, Quantico, Va., by order of the Major General
Commandant on August 17, 1917. The battalion was designated
the First Machine Gun Battalion, but on January 20, 1918, after
arrival in France, was renamed the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion.
On December 14, 1917, the battalion sailed from New York on the
De Kalh, arriving at St. Nazaire, France, December 28, 1917. On
January 3, 1918, the battalion arrived at Damblain in the Bourmont
training area and began training with headquarters at Germain-
villiers.
Maj. Edward B. Cole was in command of the Sixth Machine Gun
Battalion of Marines from the date of its organization until June 10,
1918, when he received a mortal wound.
On August 4, 1917, in accordance with directions issued by the
President, the Secretary of the Navy directed the Major General
Commandant ''to organize a force of Marines, to be known as the
Sixth Regiment of Marines, for service with the Army in France,"
and the regiment was organized as directed.
On September 23, 1917, the First Battalion of the Sixth Regiment
sailed on the Henderson from New York and landed at St. Nazaire,
France, on October 5, 1917. On October 17, 1917, the Seventy-
third Machine Gun Company, Headquarters, and Supply Companies,
and Col. Albertus W. Catlin, commanding officer of the Sixth Regi-
ment, with his Staff, sailed from Philadelphia, Pa., on the De Kalh,
and from New York on October 18, 1917, arriving at St. Nazaire,
France, on November 1, 1917. On October 31 1917, the Third
Battalion of the Sixth Regiment sailed from New York on board
the Von Steuben and anchored at Brest, France, on November 12,
1917. On January 24, 1918, the Second Battalion of the Sixth
Regiment sailed on the Henderson from New York and arrived at
St. Nazaire, France, February 6, 1918, and with the arrival of this
last battalion, the entire Sixth Regiment of Marines was in France.
On October 23, 1917, the Fourth Brigade of Marines was organized,
with Brig. Gen. Charles A. Doyen in command. Brig. Gen. Doyen
continued in command until May 7, 1918, when he published in
General Orders No. 5, that he had relinquished command. Maj.
Harry R. Lay was the first brigade adjutant, and performed the
duties of that office from October 24, 1917, to August 9, 1918, except
during the period February 7 to May 9, 1918, when Maj. Holland M.
Smith was brigade adjutant.
On October 26, 1917, Brig. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, United States
Marine Corps, assumed command of the Second Division as its first
commanding general, and announced his staff in General Orders No. 1,
with station at Bourmont, Haute-Marne, serving as such until relieved
by Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy, United States m-my, who announced
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 33
that he assumed command in General Orders No. 4, November 8,
1917.
Like the Fifth Regiment, the Sixth Regiment spent several
months performing the necessary but undesired duties along the
Line of Communications. On January 12, 1918, Col. Albertus W.
Catlin established headquarters for the Sixth Regiment at Blevain-
court in the Bourmont training area. The Third Battalion arrived
in this area on January 12, 1918, the headquarters units the same
date, the First Battalion during January, 1918, and the Second Bat-
talion on February 10, 1918.
Therefore, on February 10, 1918, the Fourth Brigade of Marines
was in the Bourmont training area intact, with the exception of
one company on duty in England, training industriously as an
infantry brigade of the Second Division. While the brigade had been
organized on October 23, 1917, and had actually functioned as a
brigade with elements of all three of its units present from January
12, 1918, it was not until February 10, 1918, that the Brigade
organization was perfected.
FIFTH BRIGADE OF MARINES.
On September 5, 1918, the Major General Commandant directed
the post commander, Marine barracks, Quantico, Va., to organize
brigade headquarters of the Fifth Brigade, United States Marine
Corps.
This brigade was accordingly organized and was composed of the
Eleventh and Thirteenth Regiments and the Fifth Brigade Machine
Gun Battalion. The companies of the Fifth Brigade were designated
by letters and not by numbers.
Brig. Gen. Eli K. Cole was designated as the brigade commander
and on September 15, 1918, he and the Brigade Staff sailed from
Hoboken, N. J., on board the Von Steuben, arriving at Brest, France,
on September 24, 1918.
The Thirteenth Regiment left the Overseas Depot at Quantico, Va.,
on Friday, September 13, 1918, and on September 15, 1918, sailed
from Hoboken, N. J., on board the Henderson and Von Steuben,
arriving at Brest, France, on September 25, 1918.
On September 29, 1918, Eleventh Regiment Headquarters and
the First Battalion sailed on the De Kalb from Philadelphia, Pa.,
and arrived at Brest, France, on October 13, 1918. On October 16,
1918, the Second and Third Battalions of the Eleventh Regiment
sailed from Brooklyn, N. Y., on board the Agamemnon and Von
Steuben and arrived at Brest, France on October 25, 1918.
On October 28, 1918, the Fifth Brigade Machine Gun Battalion
sailed from South Brooklyn, N. Y., on board the Henderson and
arrived at Brest, France, on November 9, 1918. With the arrival
of this unit the entire Fifth Brigade was in France.
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAB.
AVIATION UNITS.
On January 21, 1918, the First Marine Aeronautic Company-
arrived at naval base No. 13, Ponta Delgada, Azores.
On July 30, 1918, the First Marine Aviation Force (less Squadron
D) disembarked at Brest, France, and formed the Day Wing of the
Northern Bombing Group. Squadron D joined the Day Wing in
October, 1918.
MARINE DETACHMENTS FOR NAVAL BASES.
On January 21, 1918, and on July 20, 1918, detachments for the
naval base No. 13, arrived at Ponta Delgada, Azores.
On September 30, 1918, the detachment for naval base No. 29,
arrived at Cardiff, Wales.
On December 29, 1918, the detachment for the naval forces in
France, staff' office, Paris, France, landed at St. Nazaire, France.
REPLACEMENTS FOR AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.
The following table will show the names of the replacement organ-
izations sent to the American Expeditionary Forces, dates of sailing
and arrival, and names of vessels:
Name of organization.
Fifth Regiment Base Detachment
Twelfth and Twenty-sixth Companies (disbanded in
France).
First Replacement Battalion
Second Replacement Battalion
Third Replacement Battalion
Casual Company
First Machine Gmi Replacement Battalion
First Casual Replacement Battalion
Second Casual Replacement Battalion
Third Separate Battalion
Fourth Separate Battalion
Fifth Separate Battalion
Sixth Separate Battalion
First Separate Machine Gun Battalion
Seventh Separate Battalion
Eighth Separate Battalion
Ninth Separate Battalion
Date
embarked
inU. S.
July 31,1917
Dec. 8, 1917
Feb. 5, 1918
Mar. 14,1918
Apr. 22,1918
do
May 26,1918
do
June 30,1918
Aug. 13,1918
do
Aug. 17,1918
do
Aug. 21,1918
Oct. 20,1918
do
Oct. 27,1918
Date
disembarked
in France.
Aug. 22,1917
Dec. 31,1917
Feb. 25,1918
Mar. 27,1918
May —,1918
do
June 8, 1918
do
July 9,1918
Aug. 26,1918
do
Aug. 27,1918
do
Sept. 2,1918
Nov. 3, 1918
do
Nov. 9, 1918
Name of vessel.
Henderson.
De Kalb.
Von Steuben.
Henderson.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Von Steuben.
Do.
De Kalb.
Pocohontas.
Do.
Henderson.
In addition to the above the Twelfth Replacement Battalion sailed
from the United States on board the Hancock in June, 1919, arrived
in France in June, 1919, and joined the American Expeditionary
Forces.
NUMBER OF MARINES SAILING FROM THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE
FOR DUTY WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES AND FOR
SHORE DUTY WITH THE NAVAL SERVICE.
There were 834 officers, not including observers, and 30,481 enlisted
men, or a total of 31,315 Marines, sent overseas for shore duty with
the American Expeditionary Forces and naval service. The follow-
ing tables give details : ,
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 35
For duly with American Expeditionary Forces.
Month of departure from United States
May, 1917
June, 1917
July, 1917
September, 1917
October, 1917...
December, 1917.
January, 1918. . .
February, 1918..
March, 1918
April, 1918
May, 1918
June, 1918
August, 1918....
September, 1918
October, 1918...
Total
OflTicers.
'2
70
29
27
45
23
31
24
23
22
24
6
32
172
132
Enlisted
men.
2,689
1,054
1,045
1,536
637
1,031
1,041
1,034
1,284
1,565
751
4,362
5,275
5,809
29, 113
Tot;il.
2
2,759
1,083
1,072
1,5S1
660
1,062
1,065
1,057
1,306
1,589
757
4, 394
5,447
5,941
29, 775
1 Accompanied Gen. Pershing.
Sixty officers of the Medical Corps, twelve officers of the Dental
Corps, five hundred enlisted men of the Medical Corps, and eleven
Chaplains, of the Navy, not included in the above figures, were sent to
France and served with the Marines in the American Expeditionary
Forces.
In addition to the above the Twelfth Replacement Battalion, con-
sisting of 9 officers and 500 enlisted men, joined the American Ex-
peditionary Forces in June, 1919.
For duty imth naval service ashore.
Month of departure from United States.
December, 1917.
January, 1918. . .
June, 1918
July, 1918
August, 1918....
September, 1918
Total
Officers.
Enlisted
men.
59
172
75
654
120
288
1,.368
Total.
61
185
77
761
124
332
1,540
Chapter VIII.
OPERATIONS IN GENERAL.
While the battle operations of the Fourth Brigade as an infantry
brigade of the Second Division of Regulars overshadowed all others
taken part in by Marine Corps personnel, those operations were by no
means the only ones participated in by officers and men of the Marine
Corps.
The commanding general of the Second Division from early in
August, 1918, to the date of demobilization, and several officers on
his staff were Marine officers. Officers of the Marine Corps were at
various times attached to the First, Second, Tliird, Fourth, Sixth,
Twenty-sixth, Thirty-second, Tliirty-fifth, Ninetieth, and Ninety-
second Divisions, and in some cases engaged in operations with them.
Brig. Gen. John A. Lejeune assumed command of the Sixty-fourth
Infantry Brigade of the Thirty-second Division, then in the front
hne on the Swiss border in the Suarce sector, on July 5, 1918. He
was in command of this brigade on July 22, 1918, when it was with-
drawn from the above-mentioned sector and continued in command
untU July 25, 1918, when he left to command the Fourth Brigade of
Marines. Between July 5, 1918, and July 22, 1918, Brig. Gen. Le-
jeune, in addition to the Sixty-fourth Brigade, commanded thi-ee
French infantry regiments. Col. Robert H. Dunlap was in command
of the Seventeenth Field Artillery Regiment of the Second Field
Artillery Brigade, Second Division, from October 30, 1918, to Febru-
ary, 1919. Col. Hiram I. Bearss commanded the One hundred and
second Regiment of the Fifty-first Infantry Brigade, Twenty-sixth
Division, in the St. Mihiel offensive. Col. Frederic M. Wise com-
manded the Fifty-ninth Regiment of the Eighth Infantry Brigade,
Fourth Division, from September 5, 1918, to January 4, 1919, during
which period he participated in the St. Miliiel and Meuse-Argonne
major operations. From January 1, 1919, to February 9, 1919, Col.
Wise commanded the Eighth Infantry Brigade of the Fourth Division.
A few Marine officers and enlisted men engaged in Army aviation
operations and suffered casualties. About 20 Marine officers were
sent to France as observers and as such participated in operations
with American, French, and British forces. Marine aviation per-
sonnel served in France as the Day Wing of the Northern Bombing
Group of the Navy. Marine flyers served with Squadrons 213 (pui'-
suit squadron), 217, and 218 (bombing squadrons), Royal Flying
Corps of England; and with pursuit, observation, and bombing squad-
rons of the French Flying Corps. Quite a few casualties were suf-
fered by the Marine aviation personnel.
The First Marine Aeronautic Company, naval base No. 13, Ponta
Delgada, Azores, equipped for water flying only, performed patrol
duty from January, 1918, until November 11, 1918.
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UNITED STATES MAEHSTE CORPS IN" THE WORLD WAR. 37
Tlie Marine Aviation Section, naval air station, Miami, Fla., per-
formed arduous patrol duties in the Florida Straits in connection with
the Navy from July, 1918, until the date the armistice went into effect.
Marine detachments served on board all the American battleships
attached to the British Grand Fleet and also on the American battle-
ships which based at Castletown Berehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland.
Marines also served on board many of the cruisers which escorted
the vessels transporting Army troops to Europe. They were also
attached to many other naval vessels such as the Broohlyn, Helena,
and Wilmington, in China and Siberian waters, at one time landing at
Vladivostok in conjunction with other naval forces; on the Galveston
on the Murman Coast ; and onihe Pittshurgh in South American waters.
Marines wore also on the San Diego when that vessel was sunk, and
the Minnesota wlien that ship was damaged by German mines.
Marines were in intimate contact with the Germans in Guam and
Philadelphia in conjunction with the Navy in the first hours of the
war.
One brigade of Marines was held in readiness in Texas for possible
trouble in Mexico wliich might endanger the Allies' oil supply. Another
was scattered throughout the island of Cuba. Large detachments of
Marines were stationed in the Azores and Virgin Islands in the nature
of advanced base forces, while an advanced base force at Philadelphia
was available at all times for naval needs.
Marine forces were also stationed in Guam, Philippine Islands,
Peking, Pearl Harbor, and Nicaragua and they assisted materially,
under the limited conditions, in the war.
Active operations were conducted in Haiti and Santo Domingo
against bandits during the period of the war by Marine forces, the
Haitian Gendarmerie and the Guardia Nacional Dominicana, the two
latter organizations being composed of natives and administered and
officered by the Marine and Navy personnel. Casualties were suf-
fered by Marines in the operations in Santo Domingo, 4 Marines
being killed, 13 wounde'd, and 1 officer wounded, between April 6,
1917, and November 11, 1918.
Chapter IX.
UNITS COMPOSING, AND THE COMMANDING GENERALS OF, THE
SECOND DIVISION-VERDUN OPERATIONS.
THE SECOND DIVISION OF REGULARS.
The first unit which ultimately formed a part of the Second Division
arriving in France was the Fifth Regiment of Marines which landed in
France with the first expedition of American troops in June, 1917.
One Marine lieutenant colonel, who afterwards was the first chief of
staff of the Second Division, and another Marine lieutenant colonel,
who later commanded the Seventeenth Field Artillery of the Second
Division, accompanied Gen. Pershing and his staff when thev sailed
from the United States late in May, 1917.
The Second Division was composed of the following units:
Third Infantry Brigade:
Ninth Infantry.
Twenty-third Infantry.
Fifth Machine Gun Battalion.
Fourth Infantry Brigade:
Fifth Marines.
Sixth Marines.
Sixth Machine Gun Battalion of Marines.
Second Field Artillery Brigade:
Twelfth Field Artillery.
Fifteenth Field Artillery.
Seventeenth Field Artillery.
Second Trench Mortar Battery.
Other troops:
Second Engineers. •
Fourth Machine Gun Battalion.
First Field Signal Battalion.
Second Headquarters Train and Military Police.
Second Ammunition Train.
Second Engineer Train.
Second Supply Train.
Second Sanitary Train.
On October 26, 1917, Brig. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, United States
Marine Corps, assumed command of the Second Division as its first
cominanding general and announced his staff in General Orders, No.
1, with station at Bourmont, Haute-Marne, France. Lieut. Col.
Logan Feland, United States Marine Corps, was the first chief of
staff. On November 8, 1917, Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy, United States
Army, assumed command, published such fact in General Orders,
No. 4, November 8, 1917, and was in command of it during the
operations in the Verdun and Chateau-Thierry sectors. Maj. Gen.
James G. Harbord, United States Army, commanded the division
in the Aisne-Marne (Soissons) offensive in July, 1918. Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune assumed command of the division on July 28, 1918,
and retained command until its demobilization in August, 1919.
Many Marine officers occupied positions of importance and respon-
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UNITED STATES MARIXK CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 39
sibility on the staff of the commanding general, Second Division.
A Marine officer commanded the Seventeenth Field Artillery during
the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and other Marine officers commanded
battalions of the Ninth Infantry and Fifteenth Field Artillery for a
time.
Neither the Marine Brigade nor any other element of the Second
Division was the first American unit to enter the front lines since the
First Division enjoyed that honor in October, 1917, when it entered
the line in the quiet Toul sector.
The Fourth Brigade remahied in the Bourmont training area, with
headquarters at Damblain, until March 14, 191 S, when it commenced
movement into subsectors of the Verdun front, the first units of the
brigade entering the front line during the night of March 16-17,
1918, with headquarters at Toulon. On April 1 , 1918, brigade head-
quarter was changed to Moscou. The brigade remained on the
Verdun front until May 14, 1918, when it proceeded to an area around
Vitry-le-Francois for open warfare traming, with headquarters at
Venault-les-Dames. In the meantime, on May 6, 1918, Brig. Gen.
James G. Harbord assumed command of the brigade, relieving
Brig. Gen. Doyen who had been ordered to the United States on
account of his physical condition. Brig. Gen. Doyen relinquished
command of the brigade most unwillingly, and the reasons for his
rehef are best set forth in the words of the citation of a Navy dis-
tinguished service medal posthumously awarded to him, reading as
follows:
By reason of his abilities and personal efforts, he brought this brigade to the very-
high state of efficiency which enabled it to successfully resist the German army in the
< Ihateau-Thierry sector and Belleau Woods. The strong efforts on his part for nearly a
year undermined his health and necessitated his being invalided to the United States
before having the opportunity to command the brigade in action, but his work was
shown by the excellent service rendered by the brigade, not only at Belleau Woods,
but during the entire camiiaign when they fought many battles.
Gen. Pershing in a letter to Brig. Gen. Doyen stated in part:
Your service has been satisfactory and your command is cimsidered as one of the
best in France. I have nothing but praise for the service which }'ou have rendered
in this command.
On May 14, 1918, the brigade left the area around Vitry-le-Francois
as it was unsuitable and proceeded to an area around Gisors-
Chaumont-en-Vixen, with headquarters at Bou-des-Bois. The brigade
was in this area when sudden orders came to move to the Chateau-
Thierry sector.
On May 27, 1918, Brig. Gen. John A. Lejeune and Maj. Earl H.
Ellis sailed from New York on board the Henderson and arrived at
Brest, France, on June 8, 1918.
Chapter X.
AISNE DEFENSIVE, HILL 142, BOURESCHES, AND BOIS DE LA BRI-
GADE DE MARINE, IN THE CHATEAU-THIERRY SECTOR.
In order to appreciate understandingly the importance of the
early operations participated in by the Marine Brigade as a unit of
the Second Division it is necessary to remember that in 1918, prior
to the middle of July, the offensive was in the hands of the Imperial
German Staff, and that between March 21, 1918, and July 15, 1918,
the Germans directed no less than five major offensives against the
Allied lines in efforts to bring the war to a successful conclusion for
the Central Powers. American troops assisted in breaking up every
one of these drives, but the Second Division, including the Marines,
opposed only one, that in the Chateau-Thierry sector. It should
also be noted that on March 28, 1918, the American commander in
chief placed all of the American forces at the disposal of Marshal
Foch, who had been agreed upon as commander in chief of the
Allied Armies, to be used as he might decide.
The first offensive (Somme) of the Germans was stopped within
a few miles of Amiens, and the second (Lys) overran Armentieres.
In this second German offensive, whichlasted from April 9 to 27, 1918,
and which has been designated by the Americans as a major operation,
there were approximately 500 American troops engaged.
Then late in May, 1918, with startling success, which brought a
corresponding depression to the morale of the Allies, the Germans
launched their third offensive, west of Rheims, crossed the Chemin-
des-Dames, captured Soissons, and the last day of May found them
marching in the direction of Paris down the Marne Valley. Again
the American commander in chief placed every available man at
the disposal of Marshal Foch. It was at this critical time, when the
Allies were facing a grave crisis, that the Second Division, including
the Marine Brigade, together with elements of the Third and Twenty-
eighth Divisions, were thrown into the line and, in blocking the Ger-
man advance in the Chateau-Thierry sector, rendered great assistance
in stopping the most dangerous of the German di'ives.
The first report of the American commander in chief states that
"the Third Division, which had just come from its preliminary train-
ing area, was hurried to the Marne. Its motorized machine-gun
battalion preceded the other units and successfully held the bridge-
head at the Marne opposite Chateau-Thierry. The Second Division,
in reserve near Montdidier, was sent by motor trucks and other
available transport to check the progress of the enemy toward
Paris."
The final report of the American commander in chief with reference
to this third German offensive stated in part :
On reaching the Marne that river was used as a defensive flank and the German
advance was directed toward Paris. During the first days of June something akin
to a panic seized the city and it was estimated that 1,000,000 people left during the
spring of 1918. * * *
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 41
The Second Division, then in reserve northwest of Paris and preparing to relieve
the First Division, was hastily diverted to the vicinity of Meaux on May 31, and,
early on the morning of June 1, was deployed across the Ohateau-Thierry-Paris road
near Montreuil-aux-Lions in a gap in the French line, where it stopped the German
advance on Paris.
Without minimizing in any way the splendid actions of the Twenty-
sixth Division at Seicheprey and Xivray in April 1918, or the brilliant
exploit of the First Division at Cantigny on May 28, 1918, the fact
remains that the Second Division, including the Marine Brigade,
was the first American division to get a chance to play an important
part on the western front, and how well it repelled this dangerous
thrust of the Germans along the Paris-Metz highway is too well
known to be dwelt upon at length in this brief history.
Tlie fightmg of the Second Division in the Chateau-Thierry sector
was divided into two parts, one a magnificently stubborn defensive
lasting a week and the other a vicious offensive. The defensive
fighting of the Second Division between May 31 and June 5, 1918,
was pfirt of the major operation called by the Americans the Aisne
defensive. Without discussing at this time the tactical or strategical
significance of the work of the Second Division in the Aisne defensive,
suffice to say that its psychological effect upon the morale of the
Allies was tremendous and has been recognized in practically every
writing worthy of consideration up to the present date.
The close of the Aisne defensive on June 5, 1918, found the line
of the Second Division well established at that point of the Marne
salient nearest Paris, but not including Hill 142, Bois de Belleau,
Bouresches, or Vaux, and the Germans were in possession of Chateau-
Thierry on the right of the Second Division, and continued to hold
that town until about July 17, 1918.
On June 6, 1918, the Second Division snatched the initiative from
the Germans and started an offensive on its front which did not end
until July 1, 1918. The Marine Brigade captured Hill 142 and
Bouresches on June 6, 1918, and in the words of Gen. Pershing,
"sturdily held its ground against the enemy's best guard divisions,"
and completely cleared Bois de Belleau of the enemy on June 26,
1918, a major of Marines sending in his famous message: "Woods
now U. S. Marine Corps' entirely." The American commander in
chief in his first report calls this fighting ' ' the battle of Belleau Wood "
and states, "our men proved their superiority, and gained a strong
tactical position with far greater loss to the enemy than to ourselves."
In his final report he states: "The enemy having been halted, the
Second Division commenced a series of vigorous attacks on June 4.
which resulted in the capture of Belleau Woods [on June 26] after
very severe fighting. The village of Bouresches was taken soon
after [on June 6] and on July 1 Vaux was captured. In these opera-
tions the Second Division met with most desperate resistance b}'^
German^^'s best troops." On July 1, 1918, the Third Brigade cap-
tured Vaux. The Artillery, Engineers, and the other elements of
the Second Division assisted materially in these successes, while the
Seventh regiment of the Third Division was in Belleau Wood for a
few days about the middle of June.
During these 31 days of constant fighting, the last 26 of which
has been defined by general headquarters of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces as a "local engagement," the Second Division suffered
42 UNITED STATES MAKINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
1,811 battle deaths (of which approximately 1,062 were Marines)
and suffered additional casualties amounting to 7,252 (of which
approximately 3,615 were Marines). It was that fighting and those
9,063 casualties that first made the name Chateau-Thierry famous.
The achievements of the Fourth Brigade of Marines in the Chatea,u-
Thierry sector was twice recognized by the French. The first, which
changed the name of the Bois de Belleau, was a beautiful tribute
spontaneously made to the successes and to the losses of the Fourth
Brigade of Marines, and shows the deep effect that the retaking of
Belleau Wood and other near-by positions from the Germans had
on the feelings of the French and tlie morale of the AlHes. Official
maps were immediately modified to conform with the provisions of
the order, the plan directeur used in later operations bearing the
name "Bois de la Brigade de Marine." The French also used this
new name in their orders, as illustrated by an ordre general dated
August 9, 1918, signed by the commanding general of the Sixth
French Army, reading in part as follows:
Avant la grande offensive du 18 Juillet, les troupes americaines faisant partie de la
Vie Amiee francaise ee sont distingu^es en enlevant & I'ennemi le Bois de la Brigade
De Marine et le village de Vaux, en arretant son offensive sur la Marine et a Fossoy.
The order changing the name of Bois de Belleau reads as follows:
VI° Armee, Etat-Major,
au Q. G. A., leSO Juin, 1918.
6930/2.]
ORDRE.
En raison de la brillante conduite de la 4eme Brigade de la 2eme D. U. S. qui a
enl^ve de haute lutte Bouresches et le point d'appui important du Bois de Belleau,
defendu avec acharnement par un adversaire nombreux, le g^n^ral commandant la
VI ° Armee decide que dorenavant, dans toutes les pieces oflBcielles, le Bois de Belleau
portera le nom de Bois de la Brigade de Marine. "
Le General de Division Degoutte,
Commandant la VI° Armee.
(Signed) Degoutte
A. M. le General Cdt. la 4me Brigade de Marine.
s/c. de M. le G^n^ral Cdt. la 2me D. U. S.
The second recognition by the French of the Marines' work in the
Chateau-Thierry sector were citations of the Fourth Brigade, Fifth
and Sixth Regiments, and the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion of
Marines, in French army orders, that of the brigade, the others
being identical, reading as follows:
Apres approbation du general commandant en chef les forces expeditionnairea
americaines en France, le general commandant en chef les armies francaises du nord
et du nord-est, cite & I'Ordre de I'Armee:
"4° Brigade Americaine sous les ordres du General de Brigade James G. Harbord,
comprenant: Le 5e Regimentde Marine, sous les ordres du Colonel Wendell C. Neville,
le 6e regiment de Marine, sous les ordres du Colonel Albertus W. Catlin, le 6e Batai-
llion de mitrailleuses, sous les ordres du Commandant Edward B. Cole:
"A et6 jetee en pleine bataille, sur un front violemment attaque par I'ennemi.
S'est affirmee aussitot comme une unit6 de tout premier order. Des son entree en
ligne, a brise, en liaison avec les troupes francaises, une violente attaque ennemie.
Bur un point important de la position et entrepris ensuite d eon compte une e^rie
d'operations offensives. Au cours de ces operations, grace au courage brillaut,_d la
vigueur, a I'allant, dla tenacite de ses hommes qui ne se sont laisses rebuter ni par
les fatigues, ni par les pertes; grace 4 l'activit6 et a I'^nergie de ses officiers; grace enfin
4 Taction personnelle de eon chef, le G6n6ral J. Harbord, la 4e brigade a vu ses efforts
couronn^s de succ6s. En intime liaison Tun avec I'autre, ses deux regiments et son
bataillon de mitrailleuses ont realise, aprfes douze jours de lutte incessante (du 2 au
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13 Juiu 1918) dans un terrain tr6s difficile, une progression variant entre 1,500 a 2,000
metres, eur un front de 4 kilometres, capturant un nombreux materiel, faisant plus
de 500 prisonniers, infligeant it I'ennemi des pertea considerables et lui enlevant
deux points d'appui de premiere importance — le village de Bouresches et le boie
organise de Belleau. "
Au Grand Quartier General, le 22 octobre, 1918.
Le General Commandant en Chef.
Signe: Petain
(OrdreNo. 10.805 "D.")
In addition to the above-described instances, French civiHan sen-
timent expressed itself in the following letter from the mayor of
Meaux and Resolution from the assembled mayors of the Meaiix
District (Arrondissement). This letter and the resolutions were pub-
lished on July 10, 1918, in General Orders No. 4.3, of the Second
Division "as indicating the appreciation of the efforts of the Second
Division by the French inhabitants for our share in stemming the
recent German advance in this sector."
Meaux, June 26, 1918.
General: On behalf of all the Mayors of the Meaux District (Arrondissement),
assembled yesterday in congxess at the city hall, I have the honor to send you here-
with a copy of the resolution they have taken in order to pay homage to the gallantry
displayed by the troops under your command and to the effectiveness of the help they
rendered lis.
The ci\'ilian population of this part of the country will never forget that the begin-
ning of this month of June, when their homes were threatened by the invader, the
Second American Division victoriously stepped forth and succeeded in saving them
from impending danger.
I am personally happy to be able to convey to you this modest token of their thank-
fulness and I am, General,
Yours, respectfully,
(Signed) G. Lugol,
Mayor of Meaux, Depute de Seine et Marne.
Voted in a Congress of the Mayors of Meaux District on the 25th of June, 1918.
The mayors of the Meaux district, who were eye-witnesses to the generous and
efficacious deeds of the American Army in stopping the enemy advance, send to this
Army the heart-felt expression of their admiration and gratefulness.
(Signed) G. Lugol,
President of the Committer.
Meaux, June 25, 1918.
During the first attack on Belleau Wood on June 6, 1918, Col.
Albertus W. Catlin was severely wounded and was relieved in com-
mand of the Sixth Regiment by Lieut. Col. Harry Lee, who con-
tinued in command until the regiment was demobilized in August,
1919.
When Maj. Edward B. Cole was mortally wounded on June 10,
1918, he was relieved in command of the wSixth Machine Gun Bat-
tab on of Marines by Capt. Harlan E. Major. On June 11, 1918,
Captain Major was reheved by Capt. George H. Osterhout, who re-
tained command until relieved by Maj. Littleton W. T. Waller, jr., on
June 21, 1918.
During the fighting in the Chateau-Thierry sector the headquar-
ters of the Fourth Brigade was successively at Montreuil-aux-Lions,
(in an automobile for one-half hour on the way to the front lines),
Issonge farmhouse, and La Loge farmhouse. After being relieved
by elements of the Twenty-sixth Division during the night of July
5-6, 1918, the brigade moved to an area in rear of the lines and oc-
cupied what was known as the Line of Defense or Army Line, with
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headquarters at Nanteuil-sur-Marne. The brigade remained there
until July 16, 1918.
During the time the above-described fighting was going on the
Germans were frustrated in their fourth 1918 drive (Noyon-Montdi-
dier defensive) between June 9 and 15, 1918, and of course being
busy in the vicinity of Bois de Belleau, the Marines had no oppor-
tunity of engaging in it.
Having been blocked in the Marne salient, the Germans attacked
for the fifth time in 1918 on July 15, and as events turned out it
was the last, for from the time of its failure they were on the defen-
sive. The Allied troops including many Americans held this attack,
called by the Americans the Champagne-Marne defensive, which
was on a large scale, and the grand initiative passed from the Ger-
mans to the Allies on July 18, 1918, when Marshal Foch launched
his initial major offensive, termed by the Americans the Aisne-
Marne. In this magnificent and gigantic operation the Marine
Brigade and other elements of the Second Division played leading
parts in the vicinity of Soissons.
General headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, on May
28, 1919, credited the Second Division units with participation in
the major operation of Champagne-Marne defensive, but on June 2,
1919, rescinded this credit.
Chapter XI.
THE AISNE-MARNE OFFENSIVE (SOISSONS).
On July 11, 1918, Brig. Gen. James G. Harbord, commanding
general of the Marine Brigade, received notification of his appoint-
ment as a major general, and two days later left on a five days'
leave of absence. As Col. Neville had been evacuated to a base
hospital after leaving the Chateau-Thierry sector, Lieut. Col. Harry
Lee assumed temporary command of the brigade. Maj. Gen.
Harbord and Col. Neville both returned in time to enter the Aisne-
Marne offensive, the former in command of the Second Division
and the latter in command of the Fourth Brigade.
Of the six Allied offensives taking place in 1918 on the Western
Front, designated by the Americans as major operations, the Fourth
Brigade of Marines, with the other units of the Second Division,
participated in three, the first being the vast offensive known as the
Aisne-Marne, in which the Marine Brigade entered the line near
Soissons.
On July 17, 1918, the First Moroccan Division and the First and
Second Divisions of American Regulars were hurriedly and secretly
concentrated, by terribly fatiguing, forced night marches over
roads jammed with troops, artillery, and tanks, through rain and
mud, in the Bois de Retz, near Soissons. Headquarters of the
Fourth Brigade was established at Vivieres.
The getting to the "jump-off" on time for this operation will
always share in Marine Corps history with the glorious victory that
followed.
Early on the niorning of July 18, 1918, Marshal Foch threw these
three picked divisions at the unsuspecting Germans with over-
whelming success, and again on the following day. The American
commander in chief in his first report stated:
The place of honor in the thrust toward Soissons on July 18 \Yas given to our
First and Second Divisions, in company with chosen French divisions. Without
the usual brief warning of a preliminary bombardment, the massed French and Ameri-
can artillery, firing by the map, laid down its rolling barrage at dawn while the
Infantry began its charge. The tactical handling of our troops under these trying
conditions was excellent throiighout the action. * * * The Second Division
took Beaurepaire Farm and Vierzy in a very rapid advance, and reached a position in
front of Tigny at the end of its second day.
In his final report he stated :
Gen. Petain's initial plan for the counterattack involved the entire western face
of the Marne salient. The First and Second American Divisions, with the First
French Moroccan Division between them, were employed as the spearhead of the
main attack, driving directly eastward, through the most sensitive portion of the
German lines to the heights south of Soissons. The advance began on July 18, without
the usual brief warning of a preliminary bombardment, and these three divisions at
a single bound broke through the enemy's infantry defenses and overran his artillery,
cutting or interrupting the German communications leading into the salient. A
general withdrawal from the Marne was immediately begun by the enemy, who still
fought stubbornly to prevent disaster. * * *
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46 UNITED STATES MABINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
The Second Division advanced 8 kilometers in the first 26 hours, and by the end of
the second day was facing Tigny, having captured 3,000 prisoners and 66 field guns.
It was relieved the night of the 19th by a French division. The result of this counter-
offensive was of decisive importance. Due to the magnificent dash and power dis-
played on the field of Soissons by our First and Second Divisions the tide of war was
definitely turned in favor of the Allies.
Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, commanding the Second Division
in this operation, describes the two days' fighting of his division in
these words :
It is with keen pride that the division commander transmits to the command the
eongratidations and affectionate personal greetings of Gen. Pershing who visited the
division headquarters last night. His praise of the gallant work of the division on
the 18th and 19th is echoed by the French high command, the Third Corps com-
mander, American Expeditionary Forces, and in a telegram from the former division
commander. In spite of two sleepless nights, long marches through rain and mud,
and the discomforts of hunger and thirst, the division attacked side by side with the
gallant First Moroccan Division and maintained itself with credit. You advanced
over 6 miles, captured over 3,000 prisoners, 11 batteries of artillery, over 100 machine
guns, minnenwerfers, and supplies. The Second Division has sustained the best
traditions of the Regular Army and the Marine Corps. The story of your achieve-
ments will be told in millions of homes in all Allied lands to-night.
This was one of the greatest strategical successes of Marshal Foch,
and that the part played by the Marines was appreciated by the
French is illustrated by the Fifth and Sixth Regiments and the
Sixth Machine Gun Battalion being cited in French Army orders.
The citations of the Sixth Regiment (that of the Fifth Regiment
being similar) and that of the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion are
quoted below:
Apr6s approbation du general commandant en chef les forces expeditionnaires Am6r-
icaines en France, le general commandant en chef les armees Franfaises du nord et du
nord-est, cite 4 I'Ordre de I'Armee:
"Le 6e Regiment de Marine Americaine, sous les ordres du Lieutenant-Colonel Lee,
"Engages a I'improviste dans I'offensive du 18 juillet 1918, en pleine nuit, dans un
terrain inconnu et tres difficile, ont deploye pendant deux jours, sans se laisser arr§ter
par les fatigues et les difficultes du ravitaillement en vivres et en eau, une ardeur et
une tenacity remarquables, refoulant I'ennemi sur 11 kilometres de profondeur, cap-
turant 2,700 prisonniers, 12 canons et plusieurs centaines de mitrailleuses."
Au Grand Quartier General, le 25 Octobre 1918.
(OrdreNo. 10.886 "D.")
Le General Commandant en Chef.
Signe: Retain
Apr6s approbation du g^n^ral commandant en chef les forces expeditionnaires Ameri-
caines en France, le mar^chal de France, commandant en chef les Armies Franfaises
de Test cite 4 I'Ordre de I'Armee:
"Le 6e Bataillon de Mitrailleuses U. S. Marine, sous les ordres du Commandant
L. W. T. Waller.
"Quoique tres fatigu6 par un long trajet en camion et ime marche de nuit sur des
routes difficiles, ce bataillon s'est precipite d I'attaque le 18 juillet 1918, pres de Vierzy
et a puissamment contribue d consolider et d maintenir la position atteinte ce jour-ld.
"Dans la matinee du 19 juillet, il s'est vaillamment porte en avant, en terrain
d^couvert, sous un violent feu d'artillerie et de mitrailleuses, soutenant resolument
I'attaque lancee contre les positions renforcees de I'ennemi.
" Ayant d faire face d une forte resistance ennemie et a des contre-attaques contin-
elles, a fait preuve du plus beau courage en consolidant rapidement et en tenant resol-
ument I'importante position conquises par I'infanterie ce jour-ld."
Au Grand Quartier General, le 4 Mars 1919.
(Ordre No. 13.978 "D.")
Tx Marechal,
Commandant en Chef les Armees Frangaises de I'Est.
Pet.\in
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Following the advance of the first day, brigade headquarters was
moved forward to a cave in Vierzy.
Col. Logan Feland was in command of the. Fifth Regiment during
the Aisne-Marne offensive, near Soissons, and continued in command
of it with the exception of two days in July, 1918 (when Brig. Gen.
Lejeune commanded the Fourth Brigade and Col. Neville the Fifth
Regiment), until March 21, 1919, when he was reheved by Col, Harold
C. Snyder, who retained command until the date of demobilization.
The Fourth Brigade was relieved about midnight July 19, 1918, and
after remaining in a reserve position until July 22, 1918, marched to an
area farther in the rear, but stiU in a resei've position, brigade head-
quarters being estabhshed at Taillefontaine. Alter final relief from this
active sector the brigade was biUeted July 24-25, 1918, in an area
around Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, brigade headquarters being established
at Nanteuil. The brigade remained in this area until July 31, 1918.
On July 25, 1918, Brig. Gen. John A. Lejeune arrived, and assumed
command of the Fourth Brigade on July 26, 1918, General Orders,
No. 16, reading as follows:
I have tMs day assumed command of the Fourth Brigade, U. S. Marines.
To command this brigade is the highest honor that could come to any man. Its
renown is imperishable and the skill, endurance, and valor of the officers and men have
immortalized its name and that of the Marine Corps.
Brig. General Lejeune retained command until July 29, 1918, when
he became commanding general of the Second Division, relieving
Maj. Gen. Harbord, who left to assume command of the Services of
Supply. Col. Neville, on this latter date, resumed command of the
Fourth Brigade.
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Chapter XII.
MARBACHE SECTOR, NEAR PONT-A-MOUSSON — ST. MIHIEL
OFFENSIVE.
During the last two days of July, 1918, the units of the brigade en-
trained for a 24-hour railroad journey which took them to an area
around Nancy, with headquarters at Villers-les-Nancy, where they
remained resting and refitting until August 9, 1918.
On August 7, 1918, information was received of the promotion of
Brig. Gen. Lejeune to the grade of major general, and oi Col. Neville
to the grade of brigadier general, both to date from July 1, 1918.
Col. Albertus W. Catlin arrived in the United States on board the
America on August 3, 1918. Col. Cathn, having been wounded on
June 6, 1918, during the first attack on Bois de Belleau, was admitted
to Hospital No. 2, Paris, France, on the next day, was discharged on
July 22, 1918, granted two months' sick leave, and sailed for New
York from Brest, France, on July 25, 1918.
On August 5, 1918, movement of units of the brigade was started
for the occupation of the Marbache subsector, near Pont-a-Mousson,
on the Moselle River. By August 8, 1918, the movement was com-
pleted, with Headquarters established at Scarponne just across the
Moselle River from Dieulouard. The sector was quiet and occupa-
tion uneventful except for an enemy raid which was successfully
repulsed and prisoners captured.
On August 8, 1918, Lieut. Col. Earl H. Ellis was appointed adjutant
of the Fourth Brigade, relieving Lieut. Col. Harry R. Lay, who had
been detailed as inspector general of the Second Division.
The relief from the Marbache sector was completed on August 18,
1918, and the brigade moved to an area about 20 kilometers south-
east of Toul, headquarters being established at Favieres. Intensive
training for the impending St. Mihiel offensive was indulged in here.
The brigade started to move from this area on the night of Septem-
ber 2, 1918, and after a series of night marches, during which time
headquarters were established at Pont St. Vincent, Velaine-en-Haye,
and Bouvron, the brigade arrived just outside of Manonville, head-
quarters being established in Manonville. From September 12 to
16, 1918 the brigade was engaged in the St, Mihiel offensive in the
vicinity of Remenauville, Thiaucourt, Xammes, and Jaulny as a unit
of the Second Division of the First Corps of the First Army. Head-
quarters during these operations were successively at 1 kilometer
north of Lironville, Thiaucourt, and finally at Manonville, on Septem-
ber 16, 1918.
On September 20, 1918, the brigade moved to an area south of
Toul, with headquarters at Chaudenay. The brigade remained in
this area until September 25, 1918, when it moved by rail to an area
south of Chalons-sur-Mame, with headquarters at Sarry.
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Chapter XIII.
THE CHAMPAGNE— BATTLE OF BLANC MONT RIDGE— CAPTURE
OF ST. ETIENNE — MARCH TO LEFFINCOURT.
Marshal Foch, having asked for an American division to assist in
breaking tlirough the powerful German defenses in the Champagne,
the Second Division, including the Marine Brigade, was temporarily
placed at the disposal of the Fourth French Army under Gen. Gouraud
from September 27, 1918, to October 10, 1918. At first it w^as directly
subject to the orders of Marshal Petain, but before the actual fighting
began it was placed directly under the orders of Gen. Gouraud.
On September 28, 1918, the Fourth Brigade moved by bus and
marching to the Souain-Suippes area, with brigade headquarters at
Suippes.
On October 1, 1918, in an order of the Second Division, the com-
manding general of the Second Division encouraged his division with
the following words:
1. The greatest battles in the world's history are now being fought. The Allies
are attacking successfully on all fronts. The valiant Belgian Army has surprised and
defeated the enemy in Flanders: the English, who have been attacking the enemy
without ceasing since August 8, have advanced beyond the Hindenburg Line, between
Cambria and St. Quentin, capturing thousands of prisoners and hundreds of cannon:
the heroic Allied Army of the Orient has decisively defeated the Bulgars; the British
have captured over 50,000 prisoners in Palestine and have inflicted a mortal blow on
the Turk; and our own First Army and the Fourth French Army have already gained
much success in the preliminary stages of their attack between the Meuse and Suippes
Ri\ers.
2. Owing to its world-wide reputation for skill and valor, the Second Di\ision was
selected by the commander in chief of the Allied Armies as his special reserve, and has
been held in readiness to strike a swift and povv-erful blow at the \ital point of the
enemy's line. The hour to move forward has now come, and I am confident that our
di\ision will pierce the enemy's line, and once more gloriously defeat the Hun.
The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge was one of the most powerful
and effective blows struck under the direction of Marshal Foch
against the retreating Germans, and its brilliantly successful con-
clusion w^as due in a great degree to the military genius of Maj. Gen.
John A. Lejeune of the Marines.
On September 27, 1918, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune called on
Gen. Gouraud at the headquarters of the Fourth French Army, who
explained the situation at the front to him. Facing a large relief
map of the battlefield. Gen. Gouraud placed his hand on the Blanc
Mont Ridge and said: ''General, this position is the key of all the
German defenses of this sector including the whole Rheims Massif.
If this ridge can be taken the Germans will be obliged to retreat
along the whole front 30 kilometers to the river Aisne. Do you
think your division could effect its capture?'' Maj. Gen. Lejeune
responded that he felt certam the Second Division could take the
stronghold pointed out, whereupon he was informed that he would
be ordered to make the attack within a few days and was directed
to prepare a plan for the assault.
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60 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
At this time the Second Division was directly subject to the
orders of Marshal Petain, but later in the day Gen. Gouraud informed
Maj. Gen. Lejeune that after an explanation of the circumstances
Marshal Petain had assigned the division to the Fourth French
Army.
The general plan provided for an attack by the whole Fourth
French Army between the Argonne and the Suippes River.
On October 1, 1918, the brigade with the rest of the Second Divi-
sion marched to the front line near Somme-Py on the night of October
1-2, 1918, and relieved elements of a French division. The brigade
headquarters was located in the trenches about 2^ kilometers south
of Somme-Py. The relief was effected before daylight without
incident.
The Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge was fought and won by the
Second Division, as a unit of the Fourth French Army, between
October 3 and 9, 1918, over the desolated white chalky ground of
the Champagne, which was scarred and shell pocked by years of
artillery fire, marked with huge mine craters, gridironed with an
intricate maze of deep trenches and concrete fortifications, and cov-
ered with tangled masses of wire.
The overwhelming success and the far-reaching effect of the
Second Division's part in these operations, the cleaning up of the
Essen Hook, the capture of Blanc Mont Ridge, and the capture of
St. Etienne, are well described in general terms in the following ex-
cerpts from official publications.
That the plan was as brilliantly executed as it was daringly con-
ceived is shown by this extract from an order of the Second Division,
dated November 11, 1918, reading in part as follows:
In the Champagne district, October 2 to 10, it fought beside the Fourth French
Army. On October 3 it seized Blanc Mont Ridge, the keystone of the arch of the
main German position, advanced beyond the ridge and, although both flanks were
vmsupported, it held all its gains with the utmost tenacity, inflicting tremendous
losses on the enemy. This victory freed Rheims and forced the entire German Army
between that city and the Argonne Forest to retreat to the Aisne, a distance of 30
kilometers.
The amazing success of the attack and the vital effect of the
capture of Blanc Mont Ridge and St. Etienne is described in the
words of Gen. Gouraud himself in a letter to Marshal Foch, reading
in part as follows :
Because of the brilliant part played by this "Grand Unit" in the offensive of the
Fourth Army during the autumn of 1918, I propose the Second American Division
for a citation in "The Order of the Army" upon the following specific grounds:
The Second Infantry Division, United States, brilliantly commanded by
Gen. Lejeime * * * played a glorious part in the operations of the Fourth Army
in the Champagne in October, 1918. On the 3d of October this di\ision drove forward
and seized in a single assault the strongly entrenched German positions between
Blanc Mont and Medeah Ferme, and again pressing forward to the outskirts of Saint
Etienne-a-Arnes it made in the course of the day an advance of about 6 kilometers.
It captured several thousand prisoners, many cannon and machine guns, and a
large quantity of other military materiel. This attack, combined with that of the
French di\dsions on its left and right, resvilted in the evacuation by the enemy of
his positions on both sides ol the river Suippe and his withdrawal from the Massif
de Notre- Dame-des-Champs.
The further opmion of the French as to the results and effect of
the Second Division's operations in Champagne is set forth in the
following-quoted extract from Information Bulletin No. 12 of the
Fourth French Army dated October 7, 1918:
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Up to October 4, at which date the present bulletin is written, the Fourth Army
has pushed its advance up to objectives of the very highest importance. A splendid
American division, full of dash and ardor, the Second Division, United States, placed
at the disposition of the Twenty-first ( V-rps on October 3, made itself master of Massif
du Blanc Mont, which dominates the valley of the Arnes and gives us excellent outlook
on the valley of the Suippe in rear of the region of Monts. This conquest rapidly
brought about the downfall of Notre-Dame-des-Champs and the Grand Bois de Saint
Souplet.
The American commander in chief in his first report describes
the Battle of Blanc Mont in the following words:
The Second Division conquered the complicated defense works on their front
against a persistent defense worthy of the grimmest period of trench warfare and
attacked the strongly held wooded hill of Blanc Mont, which they captured in a
second assault, sweeping over it with consummate dash and sldll. This division
then repulsed strong counterattacks before the village and cemetery of St. Etienne
and took the town, forcing the Germans to fall back from before Rheims and \deld
positions they had held since September, 1914.
In his final report the American commander in chief remarked as
follows :
The Second Division completed its advance on this front by the assault of the
wooded he%hts of Mont Blanc, the key point of the German position, which was
captured with consummate dash and skill. The diAdsion here repulsed violent
counterattacks and then carried our lines into the village of St. Etienne, thus forcing
the Germans to fall back before Rheims and jdeld positions which they had held
since September, 1914.
The citation of the Fifth Regiment of Marines (the citation of the
Sixth Regiment being identical) reads as follows :
Apres approbation du general commandant en chef les forces expeditionnaires
Americaines en France, le marechal de France, commandant en chef les armies
fran^aises de Test, cite a I'Ordre de I'Arm^e:
"Le 5^me Regiment de Marine Americain, sous les ordres du Colonel Logan Feland:
' ' A pris une part glorieuse aux operations engag^es par la 46me Arm^e en Champagne,
en Octobre 1918. Le 3 Octobre 1918, a participe a I'attaque des positions allemandes
fortement retranch^es entre le Blanc-Mont et la Femie Medeah, et, poussant de
I'avant jusqu'aux abords de Saint-Etienne a Ames, a realise une avance de 6 kilo-
metres. A fait plusieurs milliers de prisonniers, capture des canons, des mitrail-
leuses et un important materiel de guerre. Cette attaque, combin^e avec celle des
Divisions Frangaises, a eu pour consequence I'evacuation des deux rives de la Suippe
et du Massif de Notre-Dame-des-Champs."
Au Grand Quartier General, le 21 Mars 1919.
Le Marechal, Commandant en Chef les Armies Fran^aisefe de I'Est.
Signe: Retain.
(Ordre No. 14.712 "D/')
On October 10, 1918, having been relieved from the line in the
Blanc Mont sector, the brigade took station in the Suippes-Somme
Suippes-Nantivet area and the adjacent camps with headquarters at
Suippes, being assigned as Fourth French Army reserve. The
brigade remained in this area resting and refitting untU October 14,
1918, when, in accordance with orders, it marched to the Vadenay-
Boiiy-la-Veuve-Dampierre area, north of Chalons-sur-Marne, with
headquarters at Bony. While here orders were received placing the
Fourth Brigade provisionally at the disposal of the Ninth French
Army Corps to hold a sector in the region Attigny-Voncq-Aisne
River.
Accordingly on October 20, 1918, the brigade was temporarily
detached from the Second Division and marched to the area Suippes-
Nantivet-Somme-Suippes, with headquarters at Suippes. On Octo-
ber 21, 1918, in obedience to orders, the Marines hiked to the vicinity
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of Leffincourt, where brigade headquarters was established. While
about to take over the assigned sector the Fourth Brigade received
orders to rejoin the Second Division, which was preparing to enter the
Meuse-Argonne offensive. After a hard march these orders were
obeyed and brigade headquarters established at Mont Pelier on
October 23, 1918.
On October 24, 1918, Maj. Matthew W. Kingman relieved Maj.
Littleton W. T. Waller, jr., in command of the Sixth Machine Gun Bat-
tahon of Marines, Maj. Waller joining the Second Division staff as
division machine gun officer.
Chapter XIV.
THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE— CROSSING THE MEUSE RIVER.
On October 25, 1918, the brigade moved to the Les Islettes area
with brigade headquarters at Camp Cabaud, On the evening of
October 26, 1918, it arrived in the area south of Exermont and
bivouacked in the woods there that night with brigade headquarters
at Exermont. The brigade remained in bivouac in this area until
the night of October 30-31, 1918, when it moved forward into hne
to participate in the immense Meuse-Argonne offensive which had
started on September 26, 1918, the Second Division being assigned
as a unit of the Fifth Corps.
Reheving elements of the Forty-Second Division, just south of
Landres-et-St. -Georges, the Marine Brigade early on the morning of
November 1, 1918, jumped-off, following a terrific barrage, for its
final operation of the war, the conclusion of wliich at 11 o'clock on
the morning of November 11, 1918, found the Marines firmly estab-
lished on the heights of the far bank of the Meuse River, after an
advance of 30 kilometers.
The splencUd work of the Second Division, including the Marines,
is described in official reports, and excerpts from some are given
below.
In recommending that the Second Division be cited in General
Headquarters Orders for its excellent work in the attack of November
1-11, 1918, the commanding general, First Army, wrote on January
16, 1919, in part, as follows:
4. In the First Army attack of November 1, 1918, the Second Division was selected
and so placed in the battle line that its known ability might be used to overcome the
critical i^art of the enemy's defense. The salient feature of the plan of attack was
to drive a wedge through Landres-et-St. .Georges to the \dcinity of Fosse. It was
realized that if the foregoing could be accomplished the backbone of the hostile
resistance west of the Meuse would be broken and the enemy would have to retreat to
the east of the Meuse. Success in this plan would immediately loosen the flanks
of the First Arniy. The Second Di\dsion was selected to carry out this main blow.
5. The Second Division accomplished the results desired in every particular on
the first day of the attack, not only clearing the hostile defenses of Landres-et-St.
Georges and the Bois de Hazios but continuing its advance to the vicinity of Fosse,
i. e., about 9 kilometers. This decisive blow broke the enemy's defense and opened
the way for the rapid advance of the Army.
V7ith reference to the first day's attack, the commanding general,
Fifth Army Corps, wrote officially on November 2, 1918, in part as
follows :
The division's brilliant advance of more than 9 kilometers, destroying the last
stronghold on the Hindenbiug Line, capturing the Freya Stellung, and going more than
9 kilometers against not only the permanent but the relieving forces in their front,
may j ustly be regarded as one of the most remarkable achievements made by any troops
in this war. For the first time, perhaps, in our^experience the losses inflicted by your
di\dsion upon the enemy in the offensive greatly exceeded the casualties of the divi-
sion. The reports indicate moreover that in a single day the division has captured
more artillery and machine guns than usually falls to the lot of a command during
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eeveral days of hard fighting. These results must be attributed to the great dash and
epeed of the troops, and to the irresistible force with which they struck and overcame
the enemy.
The following citation in Fifth Army Corps General Orders No. 26,
dated November 20, 1918, gives a further description of these opera-
tions:
The Second Division, in line at the launching of the attack, broke through the
strong enemy resistance, and, leading the advance, drove forward in a fast and deter-
mined pursuit of the enemy, who, despite new divisions hastily thrown in, was driven
back everywhere on its front. This division drove the enemy across the Meuse, and
under heaVy fire and against stubborn resistance, built bridges and established itself
on the heights. The cessation of hostilities found this diiasion holding strong posi-
tions across the Meuse and ready for a continuation of the advance.
An order of the Second Division, dated November 5, 1918, reading
in part as follows, tells what occurred subsequent to the first day's
attack:
During the night of November 2-3 the Second Division moved forward overcoming
the resistance of the enemy's advanced elements, and at 6 a. m. , it attacked and seized
the enemy's line of defense on the ridge southeast of Vaux-en-Dieulet.
Late in the afternoon, the enemy, having reorganized his line on the border of Belval
Forest, was again attacked and defeated. After nightfall and in a heavy rain, the
advanced elements of the division pressed forward through the forest, and occupied
a position on the heights south of Beaumont, 8 kilometers in advance of the diAdsions
on oiu" right and left.
During the night of ISlovember 4-5, the division again pressed forward, occupied
Beaumont and Letanne and threw the enemy on its front across the Meuse.
An order of the Second Division, dated November 12, 1918, de-
scribing the historic crossing of the Meuse River on the night before
the armistice became operative, reads as follows:
1. On the night of November 10, heroic deeds were done by heroic men. In the
face of a heavy artillery and withering machine gun fire, the Second Engineers threw
two foot bridges across the Meuse and the first and second battalions of the Fifth
Marines crossed resolutely and unflinchingly to the east bank and carried out their
mission.
2. In the last battle of the war, as in all others in which this di\asion has partici-
pated, it enforced its will on the enemy.
The commanding general of the Fifth Army Corps has this to say
about the crossing of the Meuse by the Marines, who were assisted by
the Artillery, Engineers, and other troops of the Second Division:
Especially I desire to commend the division for the crowning feat of its advance in
crossing the Mevise River in face of heavy concentrated enemy machiiie gun fire, and
in driving the enemy's troops before it, and in firinly establishing itself upon the
heights covering the desired bridgehead . This feat will stand among the most memo-
rable of the campaign.
With reference to the crossing of the Meuse River the American
commander in chief reported as follows:
On the night of November 10, the Fifth Corps forced a crossing of the Meuse against
heavy enemy resistance between Mouzon and Pouilly, and advanced to the Inor-
Mouzon road with two battalions holding the high ground northwest of Inor.
The general success achieved by the Second Division in the Argonne-
Meuse offensive is well described by the words of the order citing
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, of the Marines, for an Army distinguished
service medal, reading in part as follows:
In the Meuse- Argonne offensive his division was directed with siich sound military
judgment and ability that it broke and held, by the vigor and rapidity of execution
of its attack, enemy lines which had hitherto been considered impregnable.
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During this fighting the headquarters of the Fourth Brigade was
successively established at Exermont, one-half kilometer north of
Exermont, Somraerance, Bayonville-et-Chennery, Fosse, Belval-
Bois-des-Dames, and Beaumont.
The following self-explanatory memorandum was sent out liy the
Commanding General of the Fourth Brigade:
Headquarters 4th Brigade,
Marines, American E. F.,
11th November '18 — 8.W a.m.
Peace Memorandum No. 1.
The folloAving telephone message received from iSurprisr 1 at 8.35 a. m. this morning
forwarded for compliance.
8.40 a. m. message from 5th Corps; Armistice signed and takes effect at 11 this
morning. Accurate map showing locations of front line elements, including patrols
and detachments, will be sent to these Headquarters without delay.
On "the eleventh hour, the eleventh day of the eleventh month,
of the year 1918," Brig. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, commanding
general of the Fourth Brigade of Marines, published the following
tribute to the officers and men of the Fourth Brigade :
Upon this, the most momentous hour in the history of the World War, the under-
signed wishes to express to his command his sincere appreciation of their unfailing
devotion to duty and their heroic and courageous action during the recent operations.
The time, when the results of our efforts during the past year are shown, is here.
The hour has arrived when the convulsion which has shaken the foundations of the
civilized world has ceased. The enemy is defeated and the principles of freedom
and democracy have triumphed over barbarism and autocracy. We may all feel
justly proud of the extent of our participation which has forced the enemy to a cessa-
tion of hostilities. It is fitting, at this time, to think of those of our comi'ades who have
fallen on the field of honor and rejoice in the fact that they did not give their lives in
vain.
Your display of fortitude, determination, courage, and your ability to fight has
upon more than one occasion been a determining factor in making history, and your
work has had a direct bearing upon the remarkable chain of events which have this
day culminated in such a Siitisfactory manner. Along the fronts of Verdun, the Marne,
the Aisne, Lorraine, Champagne, and the Argonne, the units of the Fourth Brigade
Marines have fought valiantly, bravely, and decisively. They have nobly sustained
the sacred traditions and have added glorious pages to the already illustrious history
of the United States Marine Corps. It is a record of which you may all be proud.
Chapter XV.
MARCH TO THE RHINE— ARMY OF OCCUPATION— SUMMARY OF
OPERATIONS OF THE FOURTH BRIGADE.
MARCH TO THB: RHINE.
On November 17, 1918, the Second Division commenced its march
to the Rhine, passing through Belgium and Luxembourg. The
German frontier was reached November 25, 1918, crossed on Decem-
ber 1, 1918, the Rhine reached December 10, 1918, and crossed on
December 13, 1918. During this march and up to the time the Fourth
Brigade settled down to its occupation duty in Germany, brigade
headquarters were successively estabhshed at Margut, Bellefontaine,
Arlon, Usseldange, Berg, Eppeldorf, Neuerburgh, Waxweiler, Prum,
Budesheim, Wiesbaum, Antweiler, Neuenahr, Burgbrohl, Rhein-
brohl, and Honningen.
WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
The duties of the Fourth Brigade with the Army of Occupation
in Germany were uneventful, the outstanding features being the
establishment of a Rhine River patrol, manned and commanded by
Marines; an extended visit, inspection, and review by the Secretary
of the Navy; and the operation of the Second Division, including
the Marines, made about the middle of June, 1919, in which an
advanced position was taken as a part of the concentration of the
Third Army immediately preceding the signing of the treaty of peace
by the Germans.
Headquarters of the Fourth Brigade during the greater part of
the occupation of Germany was at Nieder Bieber, while during the
last operation when the advanced position was taken, just prior to
Germany signing the peace treaty, it was at Herschbach. On the
date the treaty was signed the Fifth Regiment, with headquarters
at Hatenfels, occupied the most advanced position ever occupied
by Marines in Germany.
Just before departing from Germany headquarters was at Nieder
Bieber, and with the exception of Brest, France, this was the last
headquarters the brigade had in Europe.
Maj. Charles D. Barrett relieved Lieut. Col. Earl H. Ellis as brigade
adjutant in April, 1919, and held that position until the brigade was
demobilized. Lieut. Col. Ellis was assigned to duty as second in
command of the Fifth Regiment. On March 12, 1919, Col. Logan
Feland was temporarily appointed brigadier general to rank from
March 9, 1919, and accepted appointment and executed oath on
March 17, 1919. On March 21, 1919, Col. Harold C. Snyder assumed
command of the Fifth Regiment, relieving Brig. Gen. Logan Feland,
who, after acting as aide for the Secretary of the Navy, arrived in the
United States on the Von Steuben on May 13, 1919.
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Just before the Second Division left Germany the commanding
general of the Army of Occupation expressed his appreciation of the
services of that division in a letter dated July 2, 1919, which is
published in General Orders, Second Division, No. 68, July 5, 1919:
As your magnificent di\dsion is about to leave his command, it is with a sense of
gratitude for its splendid achievments while in the American Expeditionary Forces
that the army commander expresses to you, and to your gallant officers and men his
appreciation of your ser^'ice8.
After occupying a defensive sector between Verdun and St. Mihiel, you were placed
in the line of battle and met, viith. stubborn resistance, the onslaughts of the enemy's
hordes near Chateau-Thierry. Your action at Belleau Woods and your attack upon
and capture of Vaux must ever remain l)rilHant exploits in our military history.
At Soissons, side by side with a veteran French division, you proved to our Allies
the fighting value of the Army of the United States, and at St. Mihiel, in the first
great American offensive, your prowess in attack was irresistible.
When in Octol)er, 1918, the Allied High Command desired to reinforce the French
Army by American troops of great offensive worth, by real "shock troops, " you were
loaned to Gen. Gouraud's Fourth French Army and delivered your famous assault on
Blanc Mont Ridge, releasing from German menace the historic city of Rheims.
In the closing phase of the Meuse-Argonne operations, certainly no troops contril)-
uted more to the enemy's destruction than your di-vision. After taking Landres-et-
St. Georges, Bayonn^dlle-et-Chennery, and the Bois-de-la-Folie, you pierced the
Bois-de-Belval, and by skillful night fighting and marching you cleared the enemy
from the left bank of the Meuse and forced a crossing of the river.
Your brilliant exploits in battle are paralleled by the splendid example of soldierly
bearing and discipline set by your officers and men while a part of the Army of Occupa-
tion. That spirit and dash which carried your men through the enemy's defenses
still predominated when the Army was recently concentrated, preparatory to a further
advance into unoccupied Germany.
Officers and soldiers of the Second Division, your achievments and sacrifices ha\'e
earned for you and for your fallen comrades the praise and gratitude of our Nation.
SUMMARY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE FOURTH BRIGADE.
A summary of the operations of the Fourth Brigade of Marines is
set forth below:
The Fourth Brigade of Marines as a unit of the Second Division
participated in actual battle in France in the following sectors between
the inclusive dates set down (as published in General Orders No.
37, Second Division, April 25, 1919) :
Toulon sector, Verdun: From March 15 to May 13, 1918.
Aisne defensive, in the Chateau-Thierry sector: From May 31 to June 5, 1918.
Chateau-Thierry sector (capture of Hill 142, Bouresches, Belleau Wood): From
June 6 to July 9, 1918.
Aisne-Mame (Soissons) offensive: From July 18 to July 19, 1918.
Marl)ache sector, near Pont-a-Mousson on the Moselle River: From August 9 to
August 16, 1918.
St. Mihiel offensive, in the \dcinity of Thiaucourt, Xammes, and Jaulny: From
September 12 to September 16, 1918.
Meuse-Argonne (Champagne) including the capture of Blanc Mont Ridge and St.
Etienne: From October 1 to October 10, 1918.
Meuse-Argonne (including crossing of the Meuse River): From November 1 to
November 11, 1918.
SILVER BANDS FOR COLORS.
Under the rulings of General Headquarters, American Expedition-
ary Forces, the Marine Corps units serving with the Second Division
are entitled to silver bands on the staffs of their colors for battle
participation in the above mentioned engagements.
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MAJOR OPERATIONS.
General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, ruled that
the Second Division, including the Fourth Brigade of Marines, par-
ticipated in only four major operations, the Aisne defensive (May
31 to June 5, 1918); the Aisne-Marne offensive (July 18 and 19,
1918); the St. Mihiel offensive (Sept. 12 to 16, 1918); and the
Meuse-Argonne offensive (Oct. 1 to 10," 1918, and Nov. 1 to 10, 1918).
The operations which resulted in the capture of Blanc Mont and
St. Etienne were construed to be included in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive despite the fact that the operations were a part of
the operations of the Fourth French Army, far to the west of the
western limit of the American Meuse-Argonne sector and further
that the work of the Second Division was continued by another
American division. The operation which resulted in the capture of
Hill 142, Bouresches, Bois de la Brigade de Marine, by the Marine
brigade, assisted by Artillery, Engineers, etc., of the Second Division,
and the capture of Vaux by the Third Brigade, Engineers and
Artillery of the Second Division, were held to be local engagements
rather than a major operation. The Second Division suffered about
9,000 casualties in the Chateau-Thierry sector.
In addition to the above major operations. Marine Corps personnel,
other than that of the Fourth Brigade and Second Division, partici-
pated in the Champagne-Marne defensive, the Oise-Aisne offensive,
and the Ypres-Lys offensive.
Chapter XVT.
WITH THE NAVY ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS.
WITH THE BRITISH GRAND FLEET.
Division 9 of the Atlantic Fleet, composed of the NeAo York
(flagship), Wyoming, Florida, and Delaware, was detailed for service
with the British Grand Fleet, rendezvoused on November 24, 1917,
in Lynnhaven Roads, Chesapeake Bay, and sailed for its destina-
tion the following day.
The division took the northern passage and was 13 days en route,
4 days of which were spent in holding its own against a 90-mile
gale off the Newfoundland coast. On December 7, 1917, the Ameri-
can battleships anchor(>d with the British Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow,
Orkney Islands, after a rousing reception, and on December 26 were
designated the SLxth Battle Squadron of the British Grand Fleet.
From the time of its arrival to November 29, 1918, this squadron,
with the addition of the Texas in February, 1918, and the substitu-
tion of the Arkansas for the Delaware in July, 1918, operated with
the British Grand Fleet, basing most of the time in Scapa Flow and
the remainder of the time in the Firth of Forth (Rosyth). The
squadron took its regular turn at convoy duty, patrol duty, target
Sractice, and fleet exercises with all the other squadrons of the
British Grand Fleet.
The squadron was at sea on an average of from 8 to 10 days each
month and followed the procedure of the Grand Fleet in all respects,
even going so far as to shift to the British method of signaling.
Maj. Nelson P. Vulte was division Marine ofiicer of this division
the entire time it was a unit of the British Grand Fleet.
With reference to the operations of this division the Secretary of
the Navy in his annual report made the following statements:
Assigned one of the two places of honor and importance in the battle line, this
American division did its full share of the Grand Fleet's work, including patrol
search for the, enemy, protection of convoys, mining, and other forces, and, most
important of all, in the repeated attempts to engage the German High Seas Fleet,
for which the ships of the Grand Fleet were kept in the highest state of efficiency
and readiness. Our battleships were attacked six times by submarines. On one
occasion, off the Norwegian coast, four torpedoes were fired at the Florida and two
at the Delaware, and at another time three were fired at the New York. _ Not one
of our vessels was hit, and the only damage done was to the Neio York, which while
leading the di\ision into Pentland Fii-th, was rammed by a submerged submarine.
Two blades of her propeller were broken off, but officers and crew were couAdnced
that the blows from the propeller sank the U-boat.
SURRENDER OF THE GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET.
The American battleships occupied a prominent position in the
north column of the Grand Fleet on the occasion oi the surrender
of the German High Seas Fleet, on November 21, 1918, off the mouth
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of the Firth of Forth and assisted in escorting it into that port
where the German vessels were searched and later dispatched under
guard to Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, for internment.
The American vessels did not accompany the surrendered German
war vessels to Scapa, but were detached from the British Grand
Fleet on December 1, 1918, and sailed from Rosyth for Portland
(Weymouth). The day after the surrender of the German Fleet
the Nevada, which had been serving with Division 6 of the Atlantic
Fleet in Bantry Bay, Ireland, joined Division 9, at Rosyth and
proceeded with it to Portland.
AT CASTLETOWN BEREHAVEN, BANTRY BAY, IRELAND.
The Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy makes the follow-
ing remarks concerning Division 6 :
Division 6, composed of the Utah (flagship), Nevada, and Oklahoma, was based on
Berehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland, its principal duty being to protect our convoys
from possible enemy raiders. This division made two trips into the Channel, escort-
ing convoys when enemy submarines were reported in the vicinity.
Maj. Leon W. Hoyt was the division Marine officer of this division
during its entire stay in European waters.
The Nevada joined the American battleships of Division 9 the day
after the surrender of the German Fleet off Rosyth, near Edinburgh.
ESCORTING THE PRESIDENT INTO BREST.
Division 9 joined Division 6 at Portland Bill and both divisions
left that port in time to assist the Pennsylvania in escorting President
Wilson, on board the George Washington, into the harbor of Brest.
WELCOMED HOME BY NAVAL REVIEW.
On December 14, 1918, our battleships sailed from Brest for the
United States, arrived off Ambrose Lightship the afternoon of
Christmas Day, and the next morning steamed into New York
Harbor where they were accorded a great demonstration. The
naval review was followed by a land parade of all the returning
officers, Bluejackets, and Marines.
THE ATLANTIC FLEET.
Col. (Brig. Gen.) John T. Myers was the fleet Marine officer of
the Atlantic Fleet from before the outbreak of the war to August
23, 1918, being relieved on that date by Col. Frederic L. Bradman
who continued on that duty until after the armistice.
Col. John F. McGill was force Marine officer of the Battleship
Force and later force Marine officer of Battleship Force Two until
August 14, 1918, when he was relieved by Maj. Harold C. Wlrgman,
who continued as such until the force was suspended in September,
1918.
Lieut. Col. James McE. Huey was force Marine officer of Battle-
ship Force One from September 3, 1917 to December 29, 1917,
when he was relieved by Maj. Edwin N. McClellan who continued
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as such until March 28, 1918, when the Marines were temporarily
withdrawn from the force.
Maj. Richard H. Tebbs, jr., was force Marine officer of the Ci-uiser
Force.
THE PACIFIC FLEET.
Col. Richard M. Cutts was fleet Marine officer of the Pacific Fleet
from November 1, 1916 to October 14, 1918; and Lieut. Col. Charles
B. Taylor from October 15, 1918 until after the armistice.
THE ASIATIC FLEET.
The Marines of the BrooJclyn, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, partici-
pated in the activities around Vladivostok, Siberia, in 1918.
In June, 1918, Vladivostok, and practically all of Siberia, was
under the control of the Bolsheviki. The Bolsheviki, assisted by
German and Austrian prisoners of war, were resisting the advance
of the Czecho-Slovaks, who were trying to reach Vladivostok. In
that city on June 29, 1918, there were approximately 12,000 well-
organized Czecho-Slovaks, only about 2,500 of whom were armed or
equipped. On the foregoing date the Czecho-Slovaks in the city
took it over from the Bolsheviki after a three hour battle near its
center, and on the afternoon of that day Rear Admiral Austin M.
Knight, commander m chief of the Asiatic Fleet, ordered a detach-
ment of American Marines ashore to guard the American consulate
and to act as part of an Allied force composed of British, Japanese,
Chmese, and Czecho-Slovaks, to patrol the city.
In July, 1918, Marines from the BrooMyn acted as guards over
German and Austrian prisoners of war on Russian Island, about
5 miles from Vladivostok, while Marines from the same vessel con-
stituted part of an Allied military force of American and British
marines, Japanese and Chinese bluejackets, and Czecho-Slovak
soldiers, which was organized to prevent a threatened strike and
disorder among the workmen in the Russian navy yard at Vladivostok.
The Albany was at Vladivostok from April 2, 1919, until relieved
by the New Orleans on July 25, 1919. Each of these ships, while
they were anchored off Vladivostok, kept a small guard of Marines
at the United States Naval radio station on Russian Island.
Col. Carl Gamborg-Andi-esen was fleet Marine officer of the Asiatic
Fleet from August 25, 1915 to July 17, 1917; Col. Louis McC. Little
from July 18, 1917 to April 25, 1918; and Col. Eh T. Fryer from that
date until after the armistice.
Chapter XVII.
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FIFTH BRIGADE.
THE FIFTH BRIGADE.
The units of the Fifth Brigade were never together as a brigade
in France or at any time an element of a division, and for that reason
its comm.anding general was assigned additional duty in the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces.
Brig. Gen. Eli K. Cole, the first commanding general of the Fifth
Brigade, arrived in'France on September 24, 1918, and proceeded
to headquarters, Forty-first Division (First Depot Division), St.
Aignan, France, reporting there October 1 to 4, 1918; on October 6,
1918, he joined the Second Division at Souain, France, as an observer
and remained with the Second Division until October 26, 1918, when
he left to report at St. Aignan. On October 28, 1918, Brig. Gen.
Cole arrived at St. Aignan and assumed command of the Forty-first
Division (First Depot Division). From December 27, 1918, to
January 10, 1919, he commanded the First Replacement Depot.
From January 12 to February 3, 1919, he commanded the American
Embarkation Center at Le Mans, France. From February 23, 1919,
to March 4, 1919, he commanded the Forwarding Camp at Le Mans,
France. During the period March 5 to 21, 1919, Brig. Gen. Cole
was occupied in inspecting the units of the Fifth Brigade. He left
Tours, France, on March 31, arrived at Brest, France, same day, was
detached from the American Expeditionary Forces on March 31,
and sailed for the United States on the Mauretania, arriving at New
York April 7, 1919.
Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler relieved Brig. Gen. Cole as command-
ing general of the brigade on April 9, 1919, and retained command
until it was demobilized in August, 1919.
One of the most prominent and outstanding features of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces was the administration of Pontanezen
Camp at Brest, ^France, by Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, United
States Marine Corps, from October 6, 1918, to the latter part of July,
1919. The words of the citation conferring upon him the Army
distinguished service medal describes in general terms the important
work accomplished by Brig. Gen. Butler:
Smedley D. Butler, brigadier general, United States Marine Corps. For excep-
tionally meritorious and distingxuBhed services. He has commanded witli ability
and energy Pontanezen Camp at Brest during the time in which it has developed
into the largest embarkation camp in the world. Confronted with problems of
extraordinary magnitude in supervising the reception, entertainment, and departure
of the large numbers of officers and soldiers passing through this camp, he has solved all
with conspicuous success, performing ser^^Lces of the highest character for the American
Expeditionary Forces.
Brig. Gen. Butler returned to the United States in command of
the Fifth Brigade, on the Sihoney, arriving at Hampton Roads, Va.,
on August 8, 1919.
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Maj. William C. Wise was brigade adjutant from the date the
brigade was organized to September 25, 1918; Maj. Charles D. Bar-
rett relieved Maj. Wise and acted as adjutant until he went to the
Fourth Brigade to relieve Lieut. Col. Ellis; Maj. Calvin B. Matthews
was brigade adjutant from July 11, 1919, to the date the brigade was
demobilized.
THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Col. George Van Orden commanded the Eleventh Regiment during
its entire existence.
The Eleventh Regiment was split up, its several units being spread
all over France. Units of this regiment performed duty at various
times at the following places: Brest, Tours, Montierchaume (Indre),
Havre, Gievres (Loire-et-Cher), Marseilles, Toulon (B-du-Rhone),
Miramas (B-du-Rhone), Issoudun (Indre), La Pallice, La Rochelle
(Charante Inferieur), Mehun (Cher), St. Aignan-Noyers, Romorantin
(Loire-et-Cher), Marans, Nevers, Aigrefeuille, Barmant, Somme,
C'hateauroux (Indre), Camp Covington (Camp Carret) near Mar-
seilles, Paris (Headquarters Detachment, American Peace Com-
mission).
The officers and men performed duties of various kinds, among
such being: Post commanders, post and assistant jwst adjutants,
personnel adjutants, regulating officers, assistant to the depot engi-
neer, receiving officers, entertainment officers, assistant post chap-
lain, police officers, prison officers, camp guards, dock guards, com-
mandnig officers of troops, police sergeants, inspectors of the guard,
district fire marshals, post welfare officers, district athletic officers,
assistant provost marshals, fire patrol officers, fire marshals, trans-
portation guard service, guard duty over prisoners, quartermaster
property guard, interpreters, etc.
THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
Col. Smedley D. Butler commanded the Thirteenth Regiment
from the date of its organization until November 19, 1918, on which
date Lieut. Col. Douglas C. McDougal assumed command and
remained its commanding officer until it was demobilized.
Like the Eleventh Regiment, the units of this regiment performed
duty in the various posts in the Services of Supply, among such
places being Brest, Bordeaux, St. Nazaire, La Rochelle, La Pallice,
Rochefort, ^lontoir, Bassens (Gironde), Sursol (Gironde), Casino-de-
lilas (Bordeaux), La Teste (Gironde), Beau Desert (Gironde),
Nantes, St. Sulpice (Gironde), Savena}^, St. Loubes (Gironde), Lor-
mont. Carbon Blanc, Grange Neuve, Genicart, Croix d'Hius, La
Baule, Isle of Ste. Anne (Nantes), Pen Houet, Usine Brulee.
The officers and men performed duties of various kinds, among
such being provost guard, hospital center guard, camp guard,
railroad transportation officers, commanding dock guard, dock
guard, unloading ships, erecting tents at Pontanezen Barracks, mili-
tary police, warehouse guards, convoying of railroad trains, special
guards for shipments of commissary supplies, assistants to camp
commander at Pontanezen Camp, prison guards, assisting thousands
of convalescent and sick soldiers who disembarked from the Leiia-
than to get to Camp Pontanezen, inspector general's department,
151402°— 20 5
64 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
base section No. 1, stockade guard, traffic police, motor transpor-
tation _ convoy guard, dock guard secret service, segregation camp
and railway patrol. '
THE FIFTH BRIGADE MACHINE-GUX BATTALIOX.
Maj. Ernest A. Perkins commanded the Fifth Brigade Machine
Gun Battalion from the date of its organization until November 4,
1918; Capt. Franklin A. Hart from that date until November 12,'
1918; and from November 12, 1918, to date of demobilization Maj!
Allen H. Turnage was the commanding officer.
This battalion performed duty at Camp Pontanezen durino- its
entire stay in France. '^
Chapter XVIII.
CASUALTIES.
During the period of the World War the Marine Corps personnel
suffered casualties in actual battle in France with the American
Expeditionary Forces (Second Division and Aviation) ; in Aviation
while operating as part of the naval service in France; and in the
West Indies in operations against the bandits of Santo Domingo.
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.
Marine Corps deaths in the American Expeditionary Forces, as
obtained from Marine Corps records on January 14, 1920, are
divided as follows :
Character. | Officers.
Enlisted
men.
Total.
Killed in action
45
30
3
14
1
1,420
961
24
255
11
1,465
Died of wounds received in action
Died of accident
991
27
269
Other causes
12
Total
93
2,671
2,764
The following is a summary of the casualties sustained by the
Fourth Brigade of Marines from March 15 to November 11, 1918,
as published in General Orders, No. 66, Second Division, American
Expeditionary Forces, dated July 2, 1919:
Fourth Brigade casualties.
Killed.
Died of
wounds.
Miss-
ing.
Wounded
severely.
Wounded
slightly.
Wounded,
degree
undeter-
mined.
Gassed.
Total.
2
1
O
1
o
a
£
o
£2
S
o
pi
1
Officers.
Men.
s
o
i
o
4
9
2
d
a
2S7
436
39
e
o
12
112
J6
i
Toulon sector (Verd\m),
Mar. 15-Mavl3
12
724
156
1
57
320
189
2
9
5
8
1
44
304
10-1
1
86
155
59
16
322
2.50
2
124
380
222
6
20
20
6
43
20
46
656
489
8
334
862
467
46
30
4
6
6
89
2,123
911
2S7
480
206
•i!)4
Aisne defensive and
Chateau-Thierry sec-
tor, May 31-July 9,
1918
25
10
33
66
3
9
4 598
Aisne-Mame offensive,
July 18-25, 1918
Marbache sector, Aug.
9-22
2,015
15
St. Mihiel ofiensive,
Sept. 12-Sept. 16
Mouse- Argonne (Cham-
pagne), Oct. 1-Oct. 10
Meuse-Argonne offen-
sive, Nov. 1-11
3
9
8
11
31
20
3
23
7
6
3
4
141
55
16
95
45
903
2,369
1,218
Total
55
1,459
25
753
161
45
1,316
115
2,862
92
4,099
24
962
356
11 612
65
66
UNITED STATES MAEINE CORPS Il^T THE WORLD WAR.
AVIATION CASUALTIES.
The following table shows the casualties sustained by the Marine
Aviation forces between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918:
Character.
Officers.
Enlisted
men.
Total.
Killed in action
Died of wounds received in action
Died of accident
Died of disease
Died of other causes
Wounded in action
Total
TOTAL MARINE CORPS DEATHS.
From April 6, 1917, to September 10, 1919, 131 officers and 3,489
enlisted men died, a total of 3,620 Marine Corps deaths from all
causes.
CASUALTIES IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
During the period between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918,
one officer was wounded in action, four enlisted men were killed
in action, and thirteen wounded in action, in the Dominican Re-
public in operations against bandits.
LOST ON THE CYCLOPS.
Two Marines died when the Oy clops was lost at sea.
CASUALTIES OF NAVAL PERSONNEL.
Of the 60 naval medical officers, 12 naval dental officers, and 500
enlisted men of the Medical Corps of the Navy serving with the
Marines in the American Expeditionary Force, 1 commissioned
officer, and 12 enlisted men were killed; 8 commissioned officers and
101 enlisted men v/ere wounded or gassed.
Chapter XIX.
CITATIONS OF MARINE ORGANIZATIONS-DAYS IN FRANCE-
ARTILLERY CAPTURED-PRISONERS CAPTURED-KILOMETERS
ADVANCED-DECORATIONS AWARDED.
CITATIONS IN FRENCH ARMY ORDERS.
The French Army recognized the splendid work of the Fifth and
Sixth Kegiments of Marines by citing them three times m Army
orders for acliievements in the Chateau-Thierry sector, the Aisne-
Marne, and the Meuse-Argonne (Champagne). The Sixth Machme
Gun Battalion was similarly cited for its work m the Chateau-
Thierry sector and the Aisne-Marne, and the Fourth Brigade f(^r
its work in the Chateau-Thierry sector. , ttt t^ .
Information was received in January, 1920, that the War Depart-
ment had accepted the award of the French fourragere m the colors
of the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre for several Army organizations
and the three units of the Fourth Brigade. ■,■■,,,
Prior to this date the onlv American organizations which had
received permission to accept or wear the French fourragere were
three sections of the ambulance service and one aero squadron, all
of which w^ere temporary organizations and have now been de-
mobilized.
DAYS IN FRANCE.
A Marine Corps unit arrived in France with the first expedition of
of American troops. From June 26, 1917, to November 11, 1918,
Marines were in Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces a
total of 504 days, of which 66 days were in active sectors and 71 in
quiet sectors.
ARTILLERY CAPTURED BY SECOND DIVISION.
The commanding general, Second Division, under date of Deceni-
ber 30 1918, reported to General Headquarters, American Expedi-
tionary Forces, the following data with reference to artillery and
machine guns captured:
Sector.
Heavy
artillery.
Li.Kht
artillery.
Trench
mortars.
Machine
guns.
Antitank
guns.
ei'
37
2 105
12
2
iig
200
122
409
500
9
ho
5
Soissons
Marbache sector
St. Miliiel
Blanc Mont
27
17
8
Total
7i
269
58
1,350
S
I A small number of light artillery was captured but no count made. , . , ^. .v „, ,-„
» On account of the rapid advance, for a total o/ about 29 kilometers, durmx v/hich time these guns m
T)ositi°n and alone; the roads, vcre overrun and left behind, it was impossible to make an accurate check pf
of them .and therefore the fi£,'ures report guns both heavy and li-ht. They wert
11 ^*«'«„,««,o^,inT.o TTsorlQ Qt HiQ timn Riflns were not counted.
ordinate commanders made at tlie time. Rifles were not counted.
' were taken from reports of sub-
67
68 XJl^ITED STATES MAET'N'E COTtPS TIST THE WORLD WAR.
PRISONERS CAPTURED.
The Second Division captured 12,026 prisoners, which is 19.07
})er cent of the total prisoners captured hy the entire American
Expeditionary Forces.
KILOMETERS ADVANCED.
Tiie Second Division advanced 60 kilometers against the enemy.
DECORATIONS AWARDED MARINES.
The following rnimher of decorations were awarded Marines dur-
ing the war:
Medals of honor (Army) 5
Distinguished-service medals (Army) 8
Distinguished-serv ice crosses (Army) 363
Distingnished-service order (British) 1
Croix de guerre (French) 1, 237
Legion of honor (French) 19
Medaille militaire (Frenchj 10
Belgian decorations 10
( "hinese decorations 1
I talian decorations 9
Montenegrin decorations 4
Portuguese decorations 1
Total 1, 668
The above number of Distinguished-service crosses (Army) awarded
includes 42 awarded to Navy Medical Corps personnel, 2 to Y. M.
C. A. personnel, and 2 to French officers serving with Marines.
The above number of Croix de guerre (French) awarded includes
82 awarded to Navy Medical Corps and Navy Dental Corps per-
sonnel, and 3 to Navy Chaplains serving with Marines.
One Navy Chaplain was awarded a Legion of Honor (French),
but this is not included in the above.
Chapter XX.
RIFLE PRACTICE— RIFLE AND PISTOL COMPETITIONS.
RIFLE PRACTICE.
Ill recent years the Marine Corps has devoted a great deal of time
and energy to rifle practice, beheving that one of the first require-
ments of a soldier is to know how to shoot. During the period of the
war target practice was given special attention, and in 1918 it was
annoiuiced that no enlisted men would be sent overseas who had
not qualified as marksman or better. This announcement created
even greater interest than before in target practice among the enlisted
pereonnel and gratifying results were obtained on all rifle ranges.
The Marines that arrived in France were educated riflemen, out
despite that fact rifle ranges of some character were established and
used in every spot of France and Germany where the Marines re-
mained long enough to make it feasible and practicable to do so.
The percentage of marksmanship qualifications of the enlisted per-
sonnel of the Marine Corps on various dates, in the American Expe-
ditionarv Forces and in the United States was as follows:
Date and place.
Entire Marine Corps, Apr. 6, 1917
Ma hios of American Expeditionary Forces, Nov. 11, 1918,
Entire Marine Corps, Nov. 30, 1918
Entire Marine Corps, Mar. 1, 1919 ,
Marines of American Expeditionary Forces, July 1, 1919. .
Percentage.
48.0
08. 1
C7. 1
66.0
81.6
The number of marksmanship qualifications of the last six j^ears in
the Marine Corps was as follows :
Classification.
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
Expert rifleman
596
2,749
757
883
2,536
1,471
1,287
1,984
2,594
1,709
2,373
6,011
6,019
8, 932
14; 826
7,851
10,042
21,918
Sharpsliooter
Marksmen
Total qualified
4,102
0.415
4,890
0.493
5,865
0.591
10, 093
0.379
29,778
0.070
40,411
Percentage
0.828
RIFLE AND
PISTO
L COMF
ETITIO
NS.
During the period of the war the Marine Corps rifle teams, teams
representing Marine Corps units, and teams partly composed of
Marines, engaged in seven important competitions.
(a) The National Rifle Association and the national matches held
at Camp Perry, Ohio, in 1918. Marines won the following National
69
70 UNFTKI) STATES MARINIO CORPS TN TIIK WOKI.l) WAK.
Rifle Association matches: Members' match, HOO-yard rapid-firn
match, Wiml)h>ton cup match. Marine Corps match, President's
match, and the grand aggregate; and took second phice in the Leech
cup matcl) and the 200-yard rapid-firo match. Of the national
matches, Marines won the national team match and United vStatea
vService match; took sixth, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, twenty-sixth,
thirtieth, sixty-seventh, sixty-eighth, sixty-ninth, and seventy- first
pliices in the national individual match; took second place m the
national individual pistol match; and three Marines were among
the lirst lunuh-ed of the individual pistol match in which tliere were
942 slioot(vrs entered.
(h) The National Rifle Association and the national matches held
iit Caldwell, N. J., in 1910. The members of the 1010 Marine Corps
rifle t(>,ani Sfjuad made a splendid showing in the rifle matches, out-
classing their military and civilian competitors in almost every match
held. The Marines won 18 matches out of the 16 in which they were
entered; civilian riflemen took 2 events; and the Cavalry 1 . Marines
won the following matches: Company teain, enlisted men's t(^am,
m(>mber's, Marine Corps cup, rapid fire, regimental team, veteran
t(\fim, two-man team. President's, grand aggregate, national indi-
>'i(lual. United Service, and the national team. Four Marines were
on the American Expeditionary Forces team, which took second phice.
(c) The twenty-sixth annual Sea Girt interstate tournament held
ut Sea Girt, N. J., in lOH). The Marines won 14 of the 18 matches in
which they were entered, winning the following matches: Hayes,
Meany, Spencer, two-man team (New Jersey), Wingate, Libbey,
all-comers expert, Cruikshank trophy, Rogers trophy, Sadler trophy,
Oryden trophy, McAlpin trophy, Koo all-comers long range, and Sea
Girt championship.
(d) The American Expeditionary Forces rifle, pistol, and musketry
competition, held on thed'Avours range at Le Mans, France, in May,
1910. The first three placets in the individual rifle competition were
won by Marines; aMarino won thoindividuid pistol match; the Fifth
Regiment of Marines stood ih'st in tlio regimen tal standing, followed by
the Thirteenth, Sixth, and Eleventh Regiments in seventh, eighth,
and eleventh places in the order mentioned; aMarino won first place
in the individual automatic rifle competition. The Second Division
led all other divisions.
(e) The Inter-Allied championships held on the d'Avours range at
Le Mans, France, in July, 1919. The Am(>rican Expeditionary Forces
team, on which were four Marines, defeated all nations. A Marine
took second place in the individual rifle match.
(/) Third Army championship (Amaroc shoot) held on the rifle
range at Wehr, Germany, under the auspices of the Third Division in
June, 1919. The Marines and the Second Division won most of the
honors in this competition.
{(/) A special Inter-Allied rifle competition for five-men teams on a
300-meter range near Paris, France. France won and America was
second. Two Marines were on the American team.
Chapter XXI.
AVIATION.
STRENGTH AND DIHTRIBUTION.
On April 6, 1917, the Marino section of naval aviation consisting
of fivo olRcors and 30 enlisted men, was stationed at the naval air
station, r(Misacola, Fla., as part of the complernont of that station.
During Aju'il, May, and June, 1917,. the Marino aviation section was
transferred to a combination land and waU^r station for Marino llicrs
at the navy yard, Philadelphia, Pa., and tho training of personnel for
Innd flying began. TIk; ofhcial designation of this organization was
the Marine Aeronautic Company. Training in o})servation balloons
was done in addition to tho neavier-than-air work.
On October 12, 1917, this Marino Aeronautic Company, then con-
sisting of 34 ofFicers and 330 enlisted men, was divichsd into tho First
Aviation Scjuadron, consisting of 24 officers and 237 enlisted men,
an(] the First Marino Aeronautic Company, consisting of 10 ofliciers
and 93 enlisted men.
On October 14, 1917, the First Marino Aeronautic Company was
transferred to Capo May, N. J., and took over the naval air station at
that place.
On December 7, 1917, the First Marine Aeronautic Company, then
consisting of 12 olTicers and 133 enlisted men, was ordered to Naval
Base 13, ronta Delgada, Azores, arriving there on January 21, 1918.
This company was tho first completely equipped American aviation
unit to leave the United States for service in the war. This organi-
zation operated an antisubmarine patrol station of 10 R-6 seaplanes,
2 N-9 seaplanes, and later 6 IIH-2-L flying boats until the station was
ordered abandoned on January 24, 1919, when it was ordered to
return to tho United States, arriving at tho Marine flying lield,
Miami, Fla., March 15, 1919. Maj. Francis T. Evans was in com-
mand from January 9 to July 18, 1918, and Maj. David L. vS. Brewster
from July 19, 1918, to January 20, 1919.
On October 17, 1917, the First Aviation Squadron was transferred
from the Marine flying field, navy yard, Philadelphia, Pa., to tlio
Army training field at Mineola, Long Island, where instruction and
training were carried on in land flying. On December 31, 1917, this
organization was transferred to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La.,
for advanced training.
In March, 1918, the Marine Hying field, Miami, Fla., was estab-
lished and on March 31, 1918, tho First Aviation Squadron was trans-
ferred to that field from Lake Charles, La.
Four Marine s(juadrons of land-fighting planes and a headf|uarters
company were organized to operate under the Navy as the Day Wing
of the Nortliern Bombing Group, in northern France, which 0[)erated
in tlic Dunkirk nrea aj^ainst German submarines and their bases at
Ostend, Zecbrugge, aiKi Bruges.
71
72 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE M^OELD WAR,
On July 13, 1918, the first Marine aviation force, consisting of
Squadrons A, B, C, and Headquarters Company, left Miami, Fla.,
and embarked on board the De Kalh at New York City for France!
July 18, 1918. This organization consisted of 107 officers and 654
enlisted men, and when Squadron D joined in October, 1918, it con-
sisted of 149 officers and 842 enlisted men. On July 30, 1918, the
Day Wing disembarked at Brest, France, and proceeded to its aero-
dromes between Calais and Dunkirk, where they established camp
and prepared the aerodromes for use. The personnel of the Day Wing
was completely organized and ready for service two weeks after their
arrival in France. Part of the planes and equipment of this organi-
zation arrived at Pauillac, France, before the organization rea'ched
France on July 30, 1918. On September 28, 1918, one plane was
delivered to the Marine Day Wing. On October 5, 1918, Squadron D
of the Day Wmg, consisting of 42 ofiicers and 188 enlisted men, arrived
at Le Franc aerodrome, completing the four squadrons of the Day
Wmg. During the month of October additional planes were deliv-
ered to the Day Wing.
In order to prevent the personnel, who were completely trained
and ready for action when they reached the front, August 2, 1918,
from getting badly out of practice, the commanding officer, Day Wing,
requested permission from the British aviation forces in the vicinity
to be allowed to assign certain Marine pilots to operate with their
squadrons until the Marine planes were delivered. As many Marine
pilots as could be accommodated were operating with British squad-
rons until the end of the war, and were highly complimented by
the British ofiicers. The Day Wing, carried out 14 independent
raids far behind the enemy lines, did considerable damage, and
brought back valuable information. The organization participated
actively and creditably in both offensives on the Flanders front.
It was learned after the armistice that one raid resulted in the
death of 60 enemy officers and 300 enlisted men. A feat worthy
of mention was performed by Marine Corps pilots. A French
regiment was cut off by the enemy near Stadenburg. It was decided
to attempt to feed them by aeroplane. Marine Corps pilots loaded
up with food and flew low over this isolated regiment and successfully
dropped 2,600 pounds of food to them in the face of heavy fire from
artillery, machine guns, and rifles. This process was continued for
two days untU the regiment was extricated. The number of enemy
planes brought down by Marine pilots, bombs dropped, food dropped,
and other facts of a statistical nature are given elsewhere. Three
pilots were killed or died of wounds received in action, two of them
being shot down over the enemy's lines.
Maj. Alfred A. Cunningham commanded the Day Wing from the
date of its organization to December 7, 1918, except the period
August 1 to 7, 1918, during which time Maj. Roy D. Geiger was iii
command.
While in Europe the Marine fliers served with Squadrons 213 (pur-
suit squadron), 217, and 218 (bombing squadrons). Royal Flying
Corps of England ; and with pursuit, observation, and bombing squad-
rons of the French Flying Corps.
UJiTITED STATES ^FAr.IXE COUPS IX THE V/ORLD WAR. 73
In February, 1918, the Marine aviation section of S officers and
40 enlisted men was organized and stationed at the naval air station,
Miami, Fla. The personnel of this section was L^ter increased and
served at that station throughout the war, taking oyer the deep-sea
scouting of that station. Capt. Thomas R. Shearer was in command
during the entire time.
STRENGTH AT BEGIXXIXG AND EXD OF WAR.
The strength of Marine aviation on April 6. 1917, and on Novem-
ber 11, 1918, was as follows:
APRIL 6, 1917.
Commissioned officers 4
Warrant officer 1
Enlisted men .SO
Total 35
XOVEMBEK II. 191S.
Commissioned officers 250
Warrant officers 32
Enlisted men 2, 180
Total 2, 462
STATIONS.
The following are the stations at which Marine aviators operated,
showing whether they operated independently, with the Navy, or
with the Army:
Independently.
Marine flying field, Miami, Fla.
Balloon Company, Marine Barracks.
Quantico, Va.
Naval Base No. 13, Azores.
Marine flying field, Philadelphia, Pa.
Naval air station. Cape May, N. J.
Navv.
Armv.
Marine section naval air station,
Miami, Fla.
Day Wing, Northern Bombing
Group, France.
Naval air station, Pensacola, Fla.
Roosevelt Field, Mineola, Long
Island.
Gerstner Field, I-ake Charles,
La.
Army balloon schools at St.
Louis, Mo., and Omaha, Xebr.
PLANES OPERATED BY MARINES.
The number of planes operated by Marine aviators at Pensacola,
Fla., on April 6, 1917, was four, and the type, AH Curtiss.
On November 11, 1918, the following planes were operated ])y
the personnel of Marine Aviation:
]\[arine flying field, Miami, Fla.:
De Haviland 4's, Curtiss JN's, Thomas-Morse scouts, and ^I-l defense
planes US
Navai ail' station, Miami, Fla.:
HS-l-L, and HS-2-L flying boats, and R-6 Curtiss seaplanes 24
Balloon Company, Quantico, Va. :
N-9 and R-6 seaplanes ,'>
Caquot and kite balloons 4
Naval base No. 13, Azores:
R-6 and N-9 seaplanes and HS-2-I., and HS-l-I, flying boats 18
Northern Bombing Group. F'rance:
De Ilaviland 4's and 9's 177
74 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
At other times the following planes were operated by Marine
pilots :
At Philadelphia, Pa. :
Curtiss JN's 6
Ciirtiss R-6's 2
Curtiss N-9's 2
At Roosevelt field, Mineola, Long Island:
Army land planes 12
At Gerstner field. Lake Charles, La.:
Army land planes 12
At Cape Mf>y naval air station:
R-6 and N-9 seaplanes 8
Total planes operated by Marine pilots 386
TRAINING OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN.
During the war the Marine Corps selected and trained its own
flyers and mechanics, and had its own aviation field and equipment.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass., enlisted
Marines selected as promising flying m-aterial and given the rank of
gunnery sergeant, took a 10 weeks' course in groundwork, and about
80 men a month were graduated. After ground graduation they
did their actual flying at the Marine flying field, Miami, Fla. This
course embraced preliminary, acrobatic, and formation flying, bomb-
ing, gunnery, and reconnaissance work, including photographing.
Upon qualifying they were commissioned as second lieutenants in
the Marine Corp Reserve Flying Corps. Marine flying candidates
were all enlisted Marines, of superior physique, weigliing from 135 to
165 pounds, and with at least two years' college or university study
to their credit. The age limits were 19 to 39 years. Marine Corps
mechanics, riggers, and armorers were trained at the Marine Corps
section of the naval school for mechanics, Great Lakes Training Sta-
tion, Chicago, 111., the course covering eight v.'ceks, and at a similar
school in aviation mechanics at San Diego, Calif.
In December, 1917, 2 Marine ofiicers and 10 enlisted men were
sent to the Army balloon school at St. Louis, Mo., and later to Omaha,
Nebr., for training.
AVIATION STATISTICS.
Marine squadrons overseas in France 5
Total ofiicers in France 165
Total enlisted men in France 895
>larine officers scrA'ing with Army Air Service, American Expeditionary
Forces 6
Overseas, outside of France: 1 squadron, 12 officers, 135 enlisted men, Kaval
Base No. 1.3, Ponta Delgada, Azores.
Ofiicers completely trained ready for overseas aviation dutv in the irnited
States on Nov. 11, 1918. 100
I'jnlisted men completely trained ready for overseas aviation dutv in the United
States on Nov. 11 , 1918 \ 1 , 150
Number of sqiJadrons and companies in United States (Nov. 11, 1918) 3
. Total officers in United States on Nov. 11, 1918 '. 100
Total enlisted men in United States Nov. 11, 1918 1, 150
Total number of cadets under training (at all times) 225
Cadets completely trained (in all three branches) as bombers, chas.se pilots,
and seaplane fliers, total commissioned from Oct. 1, 1918, to date 175
Raids participated in by Marine fliers serving vdth the Briti-^h and I'^rench. . 43
Total number of l)ombing raids completely Marine 14
Total pounds of bombs dropped 52, 000
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 75
5
Number of food raids ^ „„„
Pounds of food dropped r.-'Ar-.;, "" 19
Number of enemy aircraft accounted lor ofhcially ^^
RETURN OF MARINE AVIATORS FROM EUROPE.
Early in December, 1918, the Day Wing received orders to return
to the United States, and embarked on December 6, 1918, on board
the Mercury at St. Nazaire, France, arrivmg at Newport News, \ a.,
December 21, 1918. w ^-u a
The First Marine Aeronautic Company retm-ned Irom the Azores
in March, 1919, arriving at the Marine flying field, Miami, Fla., on
March 15, 1919.
Chapter XXII.
MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
On April 6, 1917, the strength of the Marine Corps Reserve, all
classes, was 36; the enlisted strength of the Naval Militia, Marine
Corps Branch, of the various States, was 928.
On April 1, 1917, the Naval Militia, Marme Corps Branch, attained
its highest strength, 1,046. There was no recruiting for the Naval
Militia, Marine Corps Branch, after April 1, 1917, and in conse-
quence, the enlisted personnel of that branch showed a steady
decrease subsequent to that date, owing to discharges and rejections.
On July 1, 1918, the Naval Militia, Marine Corps Branch, then the
National Naval Volunteers, Marine Corps Branch, consolidated
with the Marine Corps Reserve in pursuance with the provisions
of an act of Congress, approved July 1, 1918, and in consequence
thereof became members of class 2, Marine Corps Reserve.
On November 16, 1918, the Marine Corps Reserve attained its
highest strength, 6,773.
STRENGTH ON NOVEMBER 11, 1918.
The followmg table shows strength of Marine Corps Reserve on
active duty on November 11, 1918:
Majors 7
Captains 33
First lieutenants 63
Second lieutenants 360
Total commissioned officers 463
Marine gunners 27
Quartermaster clerks 2
Pay clerks 4
Total warrant officers 33
Enlisted men G, 483
Female reservists 277
Total enlisted personnel 6, 760
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UXITED STATES MARINE ("OKPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
Slrenf/th of the Marine Corps Fescrrr.
77
1917.
Ajpr.l
May 1
Jiirie 1
Julyl
Aug.l
Sept.l
Oct.l
Nov.l
Dec. 1
191S.
Jan. 1
Feb.l
Mai-.l
Apr. 1
May 1
Junel
Julyl
Aug.l
Sept. 1
Oct.l
Nov. 1
Dec.l
1910.
Jan. 1
Feb. 1
Mar.l
Apr.l
May 1
June 1
Julrl
Aug.l
Total
men, all
active.
35
424
885
1,096
1,167
1,186
l,21fi
1,202
1,341
5,820
5,022
4,392
3,555
3,054
2,871
2,410
2,186
Total
men, in-
active.
Women,
active.
42
5S.S
1, 301
1,910
2,684
3,041
3,179
3,502
3,694
31
145
240
269
260
255
246
234
229
238
226
Women,
inactive.
■J'ofal.
201
3r.
424
885
1,096
1,167
1,186
1,210
1,202
1,341
1,531
2,514
4,106
4,745
4,780
4,950
5,211
6,378
6,484
6,547
6,707
6,751
6,668
6,578
6,548
6,473
6,334
6,288
6,138
6,081
Chapter XXIII.
RETURN OF MARINES FROM EUROPE— PARADES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
RETURN OF SECOND DIVISION AND FOURTH BRIGADE.
A great many Marines were returned from Europe gradually and in
small detachments from the date the armistice became operative.
The commanding general of the Second Division and his staff,
headquarters of the Fourth Brigade, the Fifth Regiment, and the Sec-
ond Battalion of the Sixth Regiment arrived in the United States on
board the George Washington on August 3, 1919; the remainder of the
Sixth Regiment arrived in the United vStates early in August, 1919,
on board the Rinjdam and the Wilhehiiina,' the Sixth Machine Gun
Battalion arrived in the United States on board the Santa Paula on
Augusts, 1919.
RETURN OF THE FIFTH BRIGADE.
The Fifth Brigade Headquarters, the Thirteenth Regiment (less
Company B), and the Fifth Brigade Machine Gun Battalion arrived
in the United States on board the Sihoney on August 8, 1919. Com-
pany B of the Thirteenth Regiment arrived on the Mercury on August
12, 1919. The Eleventh Regiment arrived in the United States on
board the Orizala on August 9, 1919.
All the above Marine organizations and individuals were returned
to the naval service soon after arrival in the United vStates.
COMPOSITE REGIMENT, THIRD ARMY.
The company of Marines and battalion commander Tmajor) and
staff, forming a part of the Composite Regiment, Third Army, re-
turned to the United States on board the Leviatluin on September 8,
1919, and were returned to the naval service in September. 1919.
The colonel commanding the Composite Regiment in a letter dated
September 21, 1919, commended the battalion commander and staff,
the commanding officer of the company, and " the lieutenants for their
loyalty and attention to details, and noncommissioned officers and
men for their soldierly appearance, high standard of morale, and
discipline," concluding with these words:
The Composite Regiment paraded as escort to the general of the Army, in London,
Paris, New York, and Washington, D. C. The regiment has been favorably com-
mended. This is entirely due to the loyalty, energy, and attention to duty of the
oflicers and individual soldiers in the regiment; and in this the Marine T'orps represen-
tatives deserve a large share.
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 79
SCIILESWIG-IIOLSTEIX BATTALION.
With the return of the above Marine organizations, all Marines of
the American Expeditionary Forces were out of Europe with the ex-
ception of a few individuals, and the Fifteenth Separate Battalion, con-
sisting of 26 officers and about 700 enlisted men, which was retained
for duty in France for possible operations in connection with the
Schleswig-Holstein plebiscite.
This battalion, under command of Maj. Charles F. B. Price, was
organized at Pontanezen Camp, Brest, in July, 1919, from personnel
of the Fourth and Fifth Brigades and the Twelfth Separate Battalion.
The battalion designation was changed on August 15 from "Pro-
visional BattaUon, U. S. Marines," to the "Fifteenth Separate
Battahon."
The Battalion rendered honors to Gen. Pershing on September 1,
1919, upon his departure from France at Brest and on the same day
was inspected by Marshal Foch, who commended the Battalion on
its splendid appearance.
Leaving Brest on the Mercury, September 3, 1919, the Battalion
six days later arrived at Bordeaux to take part in the ceremony of
laying a foundation for a monument commemorating the entrance
of the United States into the World War, at Pointe de Grave, near
Bordeaux, France. It then returned to Brest and in December
went on board the Henderson, then at that port. The Henderson,
with the Battalion on board, sailed from Brest, arriving at Phila-
delphia on December 23, 1919, after a 16-day trip. On December
30, 1919, the battalion arrived at Quantico, Va.
RETUBN OF AVIATION UNITS.
Information regarding the return of Marine Corps aviation units
from Europe will be found in chapter XXI.
PARADES IN THE UNITED STATES.
On August 8, 1919, the Fourth Brigade, as a part of the Second
Division, paraded in New York City. Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune,
with many Marine officers on his staff, was in command.
On August 8, 1919, the Fourth Brigade of Marines was transferred
to the naval service upon its arrival at Quantico, Va.
On August 12, 1919, the Fourth Brigade of Marines, then a part of
the naval service, was reviewed by the President of the United
States in a parade at Washington, D. C. Brig. Gen. Wendell C.
Neville was in command.
A companj^ of Marines and a battalion commander, as a part of the
Third Army Composite Regiment, paraded in New York and in Wash-
ington, D. C, as escort to Gen. Pershing. The First Division also
formed a part of these parades.
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Chapter XXIV.
DEMOBILIZATION.
Immediately upon the armistice becoming operative on November
11, 1918, the question of demobilization became one of jiaramount
importance. It was necessary that plans be at once put into effect
providing for the release from service at the earliest possible date of
duration-of-war men and reservists. While authority existed to hold
such men for several months after the ratification of the peace treaty,
the popular demand for the retm'n and discharge of all who could be
spared was only natural. Parents, relatives, and friends could see no
necessity for the keeping of their loved ones in the service after actual
fighting ceased.
The problem before the Marine Corps was serious, as a wholesale
reduction at that time would have seriously crippled its efficiency.
Therefore, on November 20, 1918, in Marine Corps Orders No. 56,
orders were issued to the service stating that it was the desire of head-
quarters to release those members of the Marine Corps Reserve and
those men of the Regular Service, who enlisted for the dm-ation of the
war, who wished to complete their education, or who had urgent fam-
ily and business interests demanding immediate and personal atten-
tion. Thus demobilization to a limited extent was begun nine days
after the signing of the armistice.
On May 1, 1919, it became necessary, owing to the demands of the
service and the reduction of the enlisted personnel, temporarily to
limit the privilege of discharge to men whose release was necessary
for urgent financial dependency reasons.
Following the approval of the act of July 11, 1919, which act pro-
vided sufficient funds to sustain the corps only at an average enhsted
strength of 27,400 men, with corresponding officers. Marine Corps
Orders No. 42, July 12, 1919, were pubhshed, estabUshing demobiliza-
tion centers and promulgating detailed instructions for the complete
demobihzation. Under this plan duration-of-war men were dis-
charged as rapidly as the exigencies of the service permitted. Those
men who were serving in the Tropics who were eligible for discharge
and desired their release were returned to the United States as rapidly
as practicable, and orders were issued for their discharge and awaited
them at the time of joining a Marine barracks, thus minimizing delay
in allowing them to go home. By the latter part of December, 1919,
practically all of the duration-of-war personnel had been discharged.
In August, 1919, the Fourth and Fifth Brigades of Marines, which
had been serving with the Army in France, were returned to the
Marine barracks, Quantico, Va., and the naval operating base, Hamp-
ton Roads, Va., respectively, at which places the demobilization of
these two organizations was effected. This undertaking was by far
the largest and most important of its kind that had ever confronted
the Marine Corps, but due to the coordination of the various depart-
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 81
merits interested, and the far-reaching and clearly defined instructions
issued in advance the demobihzation of these units was effected in a
remarkably short time, being completed on August 13, 1919, and in a
manner bringing satisfaction to the men discharged, and reflecting to
the credit of the corps. The success of these efforts is evidenced by
the following statement of demobilization :
Discharged or transferred to inactive status:
Fourth Brigade, 6,677 enlisted men.
Fifth Brigade, 6,671 enlisted men.
In addition to the enlisted men released there were also about two
hundred officers of the two brigades who were either discharged or
transferred to an inactive status. Due to the diligent cooperation of
those concerned the demobilization was carried out with a degree of
success far beyond expectations.
MARINES ARE WELCOMED HOME BY THE NAVY.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt August 11, 1919, sent to all ships and
stations of the United States Navy the following special order:
The Fourth Brigade of the Marine Corps, consisting of the Fifth Regiment, Sixth Regi-
ment, and the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, and the Fifth Brigade of the Marine Corps,
consisting of the Eleventh Regiment, Thirteenth Regiment, and Fifth Brigade Machine
Gun Battalion, have returned from ser\ice in Europe and have reverted from the
Army to their status in the United States Navy. At this time I \vish, on behalf of the
naval service, to welcome them back and express to the officers and men of these organi-
zations the very deep appreciation of the lSa.\y for their splendid services while witk
the Army duiiug the war.
Beginning with the first expeditionary forces which left the United States in June,
1917, over 30,000 officers and men of the Marine Corps have lieen sent to France. The
Fourth Brigade, as a part of the immortal Second Division, has ])een engaged in all of
the principal operations of the war. Their record speaks for itself. The Fifth Brigade,
going to PYance later, furnished many splendidly trained replacements for the Fourth
Brigade and performed arduous tasks according to tradition.
The entire Xavy welcomes them home.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Acting Secretary of the Navy.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR PRAISES THE FOURTH BRIGADE.
War Department, August 12, 1919.
Hon JosEPHus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: In the process of demobilization, the Marine Brigade,
which 1)y the President's order became a part of the American Expeditionary Forces
and was thus a part of the forces under the control of the War Department and under
the command of Gen. Pershing, has now been returned to this country, detached from
the Army, and restored to the control of the Na^^ Department.
I can not permit this heroic force to terminate its association with the Army without
expressing to you, and through you to the officers and men of the Marine Corps, the
deep sentiment of the War Department and of the Army toward it. The whole history
of the Brigade in France is one of conspicuous service; when it was finally incorporated
into the Second DiAision of the American Army it had early an opportunity to gi\"e a
heroic demonstration of the unconquerable tenacity and dauntless courage of American
soldiers. From then on in successive, almost continuous, battles the Marine Brigade
and the di\ision of which it was a part fought sternly and successfully until victory
was obtained for the Allied Armies. Throughout this long contest the Marines, both l>y
their valor and their tragic losses, heroically sustained, added an imperishable chajjter
to the history of America's j^articipation in the World War.
82 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
On behalf of the Army I congratulate the Navy Department, the Major General
commanding the Marines, those who have been instrumental in the formation and
training of this splendid organization, and the officers and men of the organization
itself.
Cordially, yours.
Newton D. Baker.
In reply Acting Secretary Roosevelt said :
Navy Department, August 13. 1919.
Hon. Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary: Your very cordial letter and the tribute it bore to the
Fourth Brigade of Marines was received with pleasure and deepest appreciation. The
heroism of the Marines and the Regulars in the famous Second Division, and their
sacrifices, have endeared them to all Americans, and it is with very pardonable pride
that we welcome them back to the Navy.
' The spirit of cordial cooperation l^etween the Army and the Navy was never l)etter
manifested than in the participation of these Marines in the great battles in France
under the command of Gen. Pershing as a part of the United States Army, and shoulder
to shoulder with units of the Regular Army. It is with extreme gratification that
we can look bai'k upon this uni^roken cooperation between our two departments that
started at the time the first Navy ship carried troops to Franco and continued uninter-
ruptedly through to the end.
On behalf of Secretary Daniels, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the officers
and men of that organization, I wish to thank you for the sentiments expressed in
your letter and convey to you our appreciation of the heroism of the officers and men
<>i the Army who with the Marines made the Second Division one of the greatest light-
ing organizations the world has ever known.
It is very gratifying in our pride over the achievements of the Marines, to know that
that pride is shared by the War Department and your warm approbation of their
conduct as a part of the Army will be treasured by the Corps as. well as by the indi-
viduals.
Sincerely, yours,
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Acting Secretary of the Navy,
Chapter XXV.
OFFICE OF THE MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDANT ADJUTANT
AND INSPECTOR'S DEPARTMENT.
Maj. Gen. (^ommandant George Barnett was the Major General
Commandant of tlie United States Marine Corps during the entire
period of the World War. Originally appointed on February 25,
1914, he was reappointed on February 25, 1918, for a second term
of four years.
On September 29, 1918, Maj. Gen. Commandant George Barnett,
accompanied by Brig. Gen. Charles L. McCawle}', sailed from New
York on board the Leviathan, ari'iving at Brest, France, October 7,
1918. The object of the visit of the Major General Commandant to
France was an inspection of all the Marines serving with the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces, but he fell a victim to the influenza
epidemic wliich prevented him from carrying out liis plans. He
departed from Paris, December 7, 1918, sailed from Brest, Decem-
ber 9, 1918, on board the Leviatliav, and arrived in the United
States, December 16, 1918.
Brig. Gen. John A. Lejeune was the Assistant to the Major General
Commandant from December 14, 1914 to September 26, 1917, when
he was transferred to Quantico, Va., to command the Marine bar-
racks. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Long relieved Brig. Gen. Lejeune and
has acted as Assistant to the Major General Commandant from that
date to the present.
Activities directly under the office of the Major General Com-
mandant such as personnel, target practice, and aviation, were
carried on efficiently during the war. The Planning Section was
established on December 24, 1918.
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Lauchheimer was the Adjutant and Inspector
of the United States Marine Corps, with station at Headquarters,
during the World War. He became seriously ill, was admitted to
the hospital on July 10, 1919, where he died on January 14, 1920.
Col. Hem-y C. Haines assumed the duties of Acting Adjutant and
Inspector on August 3, 1919, and upon the death of Brigadier-Gen-
eral Lauchheimer was appointed the Adjutant and Inspector.
A great amount of additional work was caused by the large
increases .and by the war, but the personnel of the Adjutant and
Inspector's Department performed their duties with efficient satis-
faction.
83
Chapter XXVI.
PAYMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Brig. Gen. George Richards was the Paymaster of the United
States Marine Corps, stationed at Headquarters, during the entire
period of the war.
STRENGTH AND DISTEIBUTION.
The commissioned, warranted, appointed, and enlisted personnel of
the paymaster's department, at the beginning of the war, consisted
of:
Permanent commissioned paymasters 6
Officers of the grade of captain detailed for four years 3
Officers apx)ointed as special disbursing agents under Re\'lsed Statutes 3614 4
Permanent pay clerks 9
Civil force 3
Enlisted men 51
Total force 7(i
The above force was distributed as shown in the following: table:
Personnel attached.
Pay stations.
Number and rank
commissioned officers.
1
1
.2
1
1
'u
O
Eh
Established offices in United
States.
Headquarters, Washington,
D.C.
San Francisco, Calif
1 brigadier general; 1
lieutenant colonel
1 major. 1 first lieu-
tenant .
1 major
} *
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
5
2
3
2
1
2
6
1
4
28
7
New York, N. Y
14
Outside ol United States.
Peking, China
1 captain ^
2
Virgin Islands
. ...do.2
[
2
Port an Prince, Haiti
1 first lieutenant
1
1
i
1
1
1
3
5
Cape Haitien Haiti
1 captain ^
3
Santo Domingo, Dominican
Repuljlic.
Santiago, Dominican Republic.
1 captain
1
1
4
do
8
Managua, Nicaragua
1 second lieutenant'
1
2
1
1
1
1
Total
13
12
16
12
8 \^
76
1 Civil. » Special disbursing agent.
The commissioned force of the paymaster's department reached
a maximum strength of 47 officers, including special disbursing
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UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR. 85
agents, when the hitest detail to the department from the line was
made, and as then constituted, consisted of:
Permanently commissioned paymasters 5
Officers detailed from the prewar line 9
Temporary officers (eight former pay clerks and four temporary line officers) 12
Officers of the reserve force l(i
Officers appointed as special disbursing agents 5
Permanent pay clerk 1
Temporary pay clerks 58
Pay clerks of the reserve force 6
Enlisted men 501
Total authorized force dVA
The above force which was the maximum authorized complement
of the paymaster's department, was distributed as follows:
Pay stations.
Number and rank
commissioned
ofrieer.s.
Pay
clerks.
Qua-
ter-
mas-
ter-
ser-
geants.
Ser-
geants.
Cor-
porals.
Pri-
vates,
first
class.
Pri-
vates.
Total.
Established offices in United
States.
Headquarters, Washington,
D. C.i
New York, N. Y. (estab-
lished May, 1908).
Philadelphia. Pa. (estab-
lished. May, 1917).
Quant ipo, Va. (established
June, 1917).
Atlanta, Ga. (established
June, 1917).
San Franeisco, Calif, (estab-
1 brigadier general, 4
majors, 5 captains.
2 majors, 1 captain
1 colonel, 1 captain
1 lieutenant colonel, 1
major, 2 captains.
22
2
2
4
3
2
20
1
1
1
1
1
27
5
2
5
2
34
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
37
5
2
8
3
55
5
2
8
4
22
2
1
3
2
67
8
3
13
fi
240
30
14
45
22
.... do
3 3 3
14
lished March, 1901).
Outside United States.
Expeditionary Forces in
France.
Seventh Regiment, Cuba —
First Regiment, Cuba
4 majors, 12 captains. .
1 captain
34
1
31
2
9
39
1
1
1
1
183
7
do
1 2
7
San Domingo, Dominican
Repul)lic.
Santiago, Dominican Repub-
lic.
Port au Prince, Haiti
do
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
8
do....
1 special disbursing
agent.
do
1
4
St. Thomas, ^'irgin Islands. .
. .. do
1
:{
do
2
Peking, China
do
2
Attached to posts in United
States and elsewhere.
4
20
Total
47
65
102
98 1 lis
39
144
613
I Authorized complement but never filled. Maximum number employed in paymaster's office at any
time subsequent to Apr. 6, 1917, was approximately 208 of all grades and ranks.
HOW WAR INCREASES WERE MET.
The enlargement of the paymaster's department to meet war con-
ditions at the beginning of the war, and until the enlisted strength
was raised to 75,500, was effected in the following manner:
1. By the temporary appointment and advancement to the grade
of captain, pursuant to act of May 22, 1919, of eight of the permanent
pay clerks of the department.
2. By the temporary advancement of enlisted men of experience
uud long service under this department to the grade of pay clerk.
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UXITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
3. The new enlisted clerical personnel was partly obtained from
enlisted men who had previously been employed as pay roU clerks
at shore stations and aboard ships of the Navy, and from men en-
listed and enrolled from civil life with clerical experience outside.
The men obtained were detailed in the regularly established offices,
and there formed into classes for instruction in their duties, the
commissioned officers and senior clerks being used as instructors for
this purpose. In addition to the above, and to the end of creating
a proper spirit and morale, and bringing about a better understanding
throughout the department of its aims and purposes, a series of lec-
tures by the Paymaster and subordinate officers was delivered at
headquarters, and afterwards published and distributed to the enthe
personnel of the department. Later on, in order to meet the further
increased demand for clerical assistance, a school for the instruction
of men in paymaster's department work was established at the Ma-
mie barracks, Parris Island, S. C. This was, however, in addition to
the system of instruction previously instituted in the permanently
established offices. The school was of considerable value in that i't
aided in the selection and assignment of men (recruits) with previous
clerical experience to duty in the paymaster's department. The
demand for clerks for both home and overseas service, however, was
so great for some time before the close of the war, that it was not
possible at any time to keep the men under instruction in the school
or in the offices for sufficient length of time to complete the prescribed
course that had been laid out for them. As a consequence, many
men had to be sent out with but a meager idea of the duties they
were to perform. The clerical forces of the permanent offices, there-
fore, finally became so drained of experienced clerks and stenographers
taken away to supply the demand for expeditionary and overseas
forces that it became necessary to enlist or enroll women to perform
these duties.
MONEY EXPENDED.
The amount of money expended for pay and allowances for each
month from April, 1917, to December, 1918, follows:
Months.
April
1917.
May
June
July
Aiiiiust
September
October
Novenilier
December ,
January
1918.
February
March
April
May
June
July
Aufrust
September
October
November
Decemlicr
Totals
Officer'
Enlisted men.
176
201
220:
280:
269,
332
378,
350,
328,
337,
369,
373,
378,
385,
441,
515,
572,
522,
64S,
597.
698. 37
742. 19
977. 79
884. 23
038. 19
160.66
,859. 49
458. 48
098.46
517.81
407.35
298. 24
395. 58
.551,77
042.99
838. 15
273. 26
721. 39
995. 22
615. 69
142.61
357,398.60
413,019.82
565,677.22
989,495.53
1,196,082.09
1,137,790.16
1,244,965.55
1,266,138.57
1,3.53,510.60
Total.
1,322,
1,441,
1,321,
1,313,
1,815,
1,856,
2, 124,
2,436.
2,322,
2,503,
2,597,
2,, 545,
724. 98
099.32
933.64
210. 75
309.63
344.35
134. 76
318.86
089. 79
312.62
542. 71
932.41
7,824,715.92
32,124,031.96
501,094.97
589, 762. 01
767,65.5.01
1,210,379.76
1,476,120.28
1,406,950.82
1,. 577, .825. 04
1,644, .597. 05
1,703,609.06
1,651,
1,778,
1,691,
1,686,
2, 193,
2,241,
2,565,
2,951,
2,894,
3, 026,
3,246,
3, 143,
242. 79
506.67
231.88
606. 33
861.40
387. 34
972. 91
.592. 12
811.18
307.84
158. 40
075. 02
.39,948,747.88
UIsriTED STATES MARI:NE CORPS TX THE WORLD WAR. 87
ADDITIONAL DUTIES DURIXG WAR.
The duties of the paymaster's department durmg the war were
greatly enlarged and made more complicated and difficult: (1) By
reason of the enactment of the war risk insurance act of October 6,
1917. The work connected with family allotments and war risk in-
surance created by this act was of such magnitude as to require the
establishment of a separate administrative section under a commis-
sioned officer to handle the voluminous correspondence, keep the
rocords, and make proper audit of these items in the accounts in-
volved. It was also found necessary in order to facilitate the work
of this section, that a liaison group of clerks be kept in the War Risk
Bureau. (2) By reason of the taking over of the payment of all
Marine Corps allotments, as the deputy of the Navy allotment officer.
(3) By reason of the necessity of having to pay many men on affi-
davits without proper records; service record books and other papers
pertaining to their accounts having been lost or destroyed by oper-
ation of war or other accidental circumstances. (4) By reason of
the large number of wounded men, some of Avhom were scattered in
various hospitals throughout France, and others of whom were re-
turned to the United States without due notice to military authori-
ties, and sent to both naval, military, and civil hospitals at v/idely
scattered points throughout the States. In but a few of these cases
were there any records on which full and accurate payments could be
made. Hence a system of emergency, or casual payments, as they
were called, was established both in France and in the United States.
The absence of records in these cases was not the worst feature how-
ever, but the absence of any information whatever, as to the where-
abouts of the men made it at first impossible to locate some of them
and effect regular payments. However, after the first few months'
experience with the handling of payments to the wounded, a system
was devised by which most of those returning to the States were
immediately reported and prompt payments were thereafter made.
A similar system of emergency or casual payments to wounded men
was adopted by the department in France, but wounded men in
France were evacuated so frequently from one hospital to another,
that no system of reporting was practicable. Each hospital there
had to be visited in person by a paymaster at least once a month
and such wounded Marines as were found, had to be paid on their own
representations a sum sufficient to meet their immediate needs.
Under such a system some necessarily went without pay for some
time, while others more fortunate in meeting a paymaster at frequent
intervals, received at times more money than was properly due
them. (5) By reason of the enactment of February 24, 1919, provid-
ing a gratuity of $60 to all persons in the military and naval forces of
the United States, who were discharged under honorable conditions
at any time subsequent to April 6, 1917. This law necessitated the
establishment at headquarters of a claims section, whose sole duty
was to settle the twenty or thirty thousand supplementary claims
created by this act and the act of February 2S, 1919, increasing
the amount of travel allov^-ance to 5 cents per mile to all enlisted
men discharged subsequent to November 11, 1918.
88 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
NEW PAY ROLL.
In addition to tlie above, it became necessary to adopt a new pay
roil suitable lor preparation on the typewriter knd so arranged as to
make It adaptable for use as a combination pay and muster roll
should this be deemed necessary. This roll was prescribed and put
into use in the midst of the war without much confusion and it is
understood resulted in a saving of much clerical labor to the organ-
ization commanders. ^
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PAYMASTER, U. S. MARINES, FRANCE.
In obedience to orders dated October 2, 1917, and in comphance
T7]af7Z'runm ^',^- 9;u-^.^^^'^^ ^^'^^^^ ^«- 38(2), September
17, 1917, the ''Office of the Chief Paymaster, U. S. Marines, France "
was established m Pans, France, on October 5, 1917. Mai. Davis
B Wills was Chief Paymaster, U. S. Marines, France, from that date
until the othce was abolished in August, 1919.
Chapter XXVII.
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Brig. Gen. Charles L. McCawley, was the Quartermaster of the
United States Marine Corps, with station at Headquarters, during
the entire war. Brig. Gen. McCawley, in company with the Major
General Commandant, sailed from the United States on board the
Leviathan September 29, 1918, arriving at Brest, France, October 7,
1918. After an extended visit to the Marines as an observer Brig.
Gen. McCawley sailed from Brest on board the De Kalh December 9,
1918, arriving in the United States, December 16, 1918.
Upon the increase of the Marine Corps from 17,400 to 30,000 and
later to 75,500, it became necessary to increase the commissioned,
warrant, and enlisted personnel of the quartermaster's department,
in order that it might successfully meet the heavy demands made
upon it by the war and by the large increase in strength.
The increase in the commissioned personnel was made largely by
the promotion of experienced quartermaster clerks and quartermaster
sergeants to commissioned rank, and the vacancies in the grade of
quartermaster sergeant were filled, as far as possible, from selected
enlisted men.
Later a school for the instruction of quartermaster sergeants was
organized at Marine barracks, Norfolk, and three classes were
graduated therefrom.
It was necessary to make large increases in the personnel at head-
quarters to handle the question of supply, transportation, construc-
tion, and finance. The table below shows the strength in the office
of the quartermaster on January 1, 1917, and June 30, 1918:
Grade.
Commissioned officers
Warrant officers
Special assistant
Teclmical engineer
Clerical force:
Ci\ilians
Enlisted (regular)
Enrolled (reservists).
Total.
Jan. 1,
1917.
June :?n,
1918.
9
12
1
1
8
53
111
ADDITIONAL STOREHOUSES AND COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES.
Due to changes in the method of purchasing rations, caused by
existing conditions, it became necessary to establish commissary
storehciuses at San Francisco, Charleston, and Baltimore, at which
to maintain reserve supply stores. The Baltimore storehouse was
89
90 UIsriTED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
later moved to Philadelphia. At the beginning of the war the
Marine Corps had in its depots at Philadelphia, Pa., and San Fran-
cisco, Calif., a small surplus stock, which had been accumulated from
the regular appropriations, sufficient to outfit 8,500 men; conse-
quently when the war was declared against Germany and the corps
was increased, first to 1,323 officers and 30,000 men (act May 22,
1917), and secondly to 3,341 officers and 75,500 men (act July 1,
1918), it was necessary to provide simultaneously clothing, equipage,
food, and shelter for these men. The question of shelter is discussed
in the following pages. In connection with the purchase of these
supplies it must be remembered that the Army, Navy, and Allies
were in the market for similar articles, and in order to determine
supply and allocate demands the President first appointed a Council
of National Defense, which was later superseded by the War Indus-
tries Board. The quartermaster's department had representatives
in daily attendance at the various meetings of the committees of the
Council of National Defense, and later the War Industries Board.
All of the above-mentioned supplies, as far as practicable, were pur-
chased in the usual manner, by the bid and tender plan, only those
articles on which no bids were received or those controlled by the
War Industries Board being allocated.
There was installed in the office of the quartermaster a "follow-up"
system, where record was made of all orders, contracts, purchase
orders, and requests for transfer of supplies from other departments.
The function of this section was to see that the supplies were deliv-
ered in accordance with contract obligations and trace delinquent
deliveries. The section has proven its value, and satisfactory deliv-
eries have been obtained, with few exceptions. From these records
the quartermaster has available at all tirnes the status of all out-
standing orders as well as a concise record "of completed contracts.
CANTONMENTS,
To furnish accommodations for the increased personnel, canton-
ments on a large scale were built at Quantico, Va., and Parris Island,
S. C, and on a smaller scale at Mare Island, Calif. This work was
expeditiously handled and afforded suitable temporary accommo-
dations during the war.
DEPOT OF SUPPLIES, PHILADELPHIA, PA,
During the period of the war the depot outfitted and equipped
36 expeditionary units for service in France and the West Indies, and
over 31,000,000 pounds of various kinds of supplies were shipped on
Government bills of lading. The depot departments were so organized
that it was only necessary to expand each division of the office forces
and increase the number of employees and machines in the manu-
facturing departments in order to meet the increased demands during
the war. The personnel of the depot on June 30, 1919, was as fol-
lows: Thirteen commissioned officers, 7 warrant officers, 2 civilians,
102 enlisted men of the regular service, 21 reservists, and 1,095
other employees of all classes, making a total personnel of 1,240.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS IN THE WORLD WAR.
91
DEPOT OF SUPPLIES, SAX FRANCISCO. CALIF.
The activities of this depot were increased during the war by the
greater number of recruits to be outfitted on the west coast, and by
the establishment of the subsistence branch of the depot at San
Francisco. This depot has supplied all posts on the west coast,
and furnished the supplies for the troops in the Orient,
DEPOT OF SUPPLIES, CHARLESTON , S. C.
This depot was established soon after the declaration of war for
the purpose of supplying all posts south of Norfolk, including the
West Indies. The storage facilities consist of 7 warehouses and a
total floor space of 124,778 square feet. A total of about 14,287
tons of stores were shipped from this depot during the fiscal year
1919, these stores being valued at approximately $12,000,000;
during the same period approximately 18,000 tons of stores were
received, at an estimated value of $15,000,000. Practically all
shipments of supplies of every description for troops in the West In-
dies are made from this depot.
EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures of the quartermaster's department for the fiscal
years ending June 30ths, 1917, 1918, and 1919, were as shown below,
exclusive of appropriations for public works, under the Navy De-
partment, from which figures the enormous increase in the activities
and responsibilities of this department, caused by the war and by the
increase in strength, is evident :
Subhead.
Provisions.
Clothing. . .
Fuel.
Military stores
Camps of instruction
Transportation and recruiting
Repairs of barracks
Forage
Commutation of quarters
Contingent
Expenditures under appropriation "Reserve supplies,
U. S.M.C."
Purchases under second deficiency act from United
States Army
Total maintenance quartermasters' department
U. S. M.C
1917
$1,612,908 30
2,173,501.59
248, 606. 82
1, 520, 289. 39
31,871.04
620, 667. 75
216,715.56
75,018.94
164, 497. 24
983,984.91
7,648,061.54
1918
$6,725,893.05
11,123,760 36
590, 120. 91
6,371,978.10
30,945 83
1,514,657.77
3, 754,241 58
161,614 81
402,402.51
4, 864, 825. 25
35,540,440.17
1919
810, 287, 965. 53
20,275,456.01
989, 573. 08
13, 952, 476. 49
3,064,099.21
5,883,065.69
163, 132. 90
363, 484. 53
8, 674, 269. 61
2, 510, 527. 44
772, 540. 00
66, 936, 590. 49
INDEX.
A.
Page.
Actual strength of Marine Corps 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 73, 74, 84, 85, 89
Adjutant and Inspector's Department 5, 83
Advanced Base Force 10, 19, 37
Aerodromes 72
Aero Squadrons 9, 67
Agamemnon 33
Age limits, Marine aviators 74
Aigrefeuille, France 63
Aisne defensive 41, 57, 58, 65
Aisne River ! 49, 50, 55
Aisne-Marne offensive 9, 38, 44, 45, 57, 58, 65, 67
Alabama 18
Albany 18, 61
Allotments 87
Amaroc Shoot 70
Ambrose Lightship 60
America 48
American embarkation center, Le Mans, France 62
American Commander in Chief 30, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 51, 54, 79, 81, 82
American Peace Commission, Paris, France *. 63
Amiens, France 40
Annapolis, Md 19
Antitank guns 67
Antweiler 56
Archangel, Russia 20
Argonne-Meuse (Meuse-Ai-gonne). {See Meuse-Argonne.)
Arizona 18
Arkansas 18, 59
Arlon 56
Ames, valley of the, France 51
Armistice signed 55
Army of occupation (Third Army) 56, 57
Armentieres, France 40
Artillery captured by Second Division 67
Asiatic Fleet IS, 61
Astoria, Oreg 19
Attigny-Voncq, Aisne River region 51
Atlanta, Ga 19, 85
Athens, Greece 20
Atlantic Fleet 18, 60
Austria 61
Automatic rifle competitions 70
Automatic Rifle School, Overseas Depot 27
Aviation 10, 23, 24, 28, 36, 65, 66, 71-75, 79, 83
Azores 10, 17, 20, 34, 36, 37, 71, 73, 74, 75
B.
Baker, Newton D., Secretary of War 82
Bakers; Cooks and Bakers School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Balloons 71, 73, 74
Bandits 37^ 65^ 66
Band School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Bands, silver, for colors 57
Bantry Bay, Ireland 37, 60
Barmant, France 63
93
94 INDEX.
Barnett, George, Maj. Gen. , Commandant 5, 83
Barracks, repairs of, expenditures 91
Barrett, (Iharles D., Maj 56, 63
Base Detachment, Fifth Regiment 34
Base, naval:
No. 13, Azores 34, 36, 71, 73, 74
No. 29, Cardiff, Wales 34
Bassens (Gironde), France 63
Battleships 17, 18, 37, 59-61
Battleship Force 18,60
Battleship Force One 17, 60
Battleship Force Two 17, 18, 60
Bayonet School, Overseas Depot 27
Bayonville-et-Chennery% France 55, 57
Bearss, Hiram I., Col.." 32, 36
Beaufort, S. C 19
Beau Desert (Gironde), France 63
Beaumont, France 54, 55
Beaurepaire Farm, France 45
Belgium 49, 56, 68
Belleau Woods {see also Bois de Belleau), France 39, 41, 42, 43, 57
Bellefontaine, France 56
Belmar, N.J 19
Belval-Bois-des-Dames, France 55
Belval Forest, France 54
Berg 56
Blanc Mont Ridge, France 50, 57, 58, 67
Bois de Belleau (see also Belleau Wood), France 10, 39, 41, 42, 44, 48
Bois de Belval, France 54, 55, 57
Bois de Hazois, France 53
Bois de la Brigade de Marine, France 42, 58
Bois de la Folie, France 57
Bois de Retz, France 45
Bolinas, Calif 19
Bolsheviki 61
Bombs 22,72,74
Bombing School, Overseas Depot 27
Bordeaux, France 63, 79
Boston, Mass 19
Bou-des-Bois, France 39
Bom-esches, France 10, 41, 43, 57, 58
Bom-mont (Haute-Marne), France 32, 38
Bourmont Training Area, France 28, 31, 32, 33, 39
Bouvron, France 48
Bouy, France 51
Bradman, Frederic L., Col 60
Brest, France 32, 33, 39, 48, 56, 60, 62, 63, 72, 79, 83, 89
Breuvannes, France 31
Brewster, David L. S., Maj 71
Bridgeheads:
Chateau-Thierry, France.. 40
Coblentz, Germany. (See Army of Occupation; Germany; Third Army.)
Meuse River 54
British. {See also England.)
Aviation Forces 72
Distinguished Service Order 68
Forces 36, 61, 72
Grand Fleet 37, 59
Brooklyn 18, 37, 61
Budesheim 56
Bulgars 49
Bundy, Omar, Maj. Gen., United States Army 31, 32, 38
Burgbrohl 56
Butler, Smedley D., Brig. Gen 62, 63
INDEX. 95
C. Page.
Calais, France 20, 72
Caldwell, N. J 70
Cambria, France 49
Camp Cabaud, France 53
Camp Carret (Camp Covington) , near Marseilles, France 63
Camp Covington (Camp Carret) 63
Camp Perry, Ohio 69
Camp Fontanezen, France. (See Pontanezen Camp.)
Camps of instruction, expenditures 91
Canadian officers 26
Cantigny, France 41
Cantonments 90
Cape Cod, Mass. 19
Cape Haitien, Haiti 84, 85
Cape May, N. J 19, 71. 73, 74
Cape May, N. J., naval air station 19
Carlwn Blanc, PYance 63
Cardiff, Wales 10, 20, 34
Casino-de-Lilas (Bordeaux), France 63
Castine 18
Castletown Berehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland 37, 60
Casual payments 87
Casualties 10, 37, 41, 58, 65, 66
Catlin, Albertus W., Col. (brigadier general) 32, 33, 42, 43, 48
Cavite, Philippine Islands 10, 20
Chalons-siu'-Marne, France 48, 51
Champagne 50, 55, 57, 60
Champagne-Marne defensive 44, 58
Chaudenay, France 48
Chaplains of the Navy 35, 68
Charleston 18
Charleston, S. C 19, 89
Charleston, W. Va., navy ordnance plant 19
Chatham, Mass 19
Chateau-Thierry sector, France 9, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 57, 65, 67
Chateauroux, JYance 63
Chemin-des-Dames, France 40
Chesapeake Bay 59
Chief Paymaster, United States Marines, France 88
China 10, 17, 37, 61, 68, 84, 85
Chollas Heights, Calif 19
Christiana, Norway 20
Cincinnati 18
Citations by French Army 9, 42, 46, 51, 67
Civil War 9
Claims Section, Paymaster's Department 87
Clerical School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Clothing, expenditures 91
Coblentz, Germany. (See Bridgeheads, Coblentz.)
Cole, Edward B., Maj 32, 42, 43
Cole, Eli K., Brig. Gen 33, 62
Columbia 18
Commander in Chief, American Expeditionary Forces. (See American Com-
mander in Chief.)
Commercial Telegraph & Cable Co., Boston, Mass 19
Company clerks : 26
Commissary storehouses 89
Commutation of quarters 91
Cornposite Regiment, Third Army 78
Connecticut 18
Constellation 18
Contingent expenditures 91
Convoying railroad trains 63
Convoying trooi)s across Atlantic 37
Cooks 26
151402°— 20 7
96 INDEX.
Cooka and Bakera School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Copenhagen, Denmark 20
Cornell University 23
Council of National Defense 90
Croix de Guerre (French) 9^ 67 68
Croix d'Hins, France ' 2o| 63
Cruiser Force .' 17, is, 37^ 61
Cuba 10, 17, 20, 37, 85
Cunningham, Alfred A., Maj 72
Curtis, Md 19
Cutts, Richard M. , Col 61
Cyclops 66
Czecho-SIovaks 61
D.
d' Avours range at Le Mans, France. 70
Damblain, France 31, 32, 39
Dampierre, France 51
Daniels, Josephus, Secretary of the Navy 5, 81, 82
Days in France; Fourth Brigade 67
Day Wing, Northern Bombing Group, France 34, 36, 71, 72, 73, 75
Deaths 65, 66
Decorations 68
Degoutte, General 42
De Kalh 9, 30, 32, 33, 34, 72
Delaware 18, 59
Demobilization 80-81
Denmark 20
Dental Corps, Na\'y 35, 66, 68
Denver 18
Depots of supplies:
Charleston, S. G 91
Philadelphia, Pa 19, 90
San Francisco, Calif 90, 91
Des Moines 18
Dieulouard, France 48
Distinguished service crosses (American^ 68
Distinguished Ber\ace medals (American) 39, 68
Distinguished ser\ice order (British) 68
Division 6, Atlantic Fleet 18, 60
Division 7, Atlantic Fleet 18
Division 8, Atlantic Fleet 18
Division 9, Atlantic Fleet 18, 59, 60
Divisions, American Expeditionary Forces:
First Division. (iS^^e First Division.)
Second Division. {See Second Division.)
Third Division. {See Third Division.)
Fourth Division. {See Fourth Division.)
Sixth Division. {See Sixth Division.)
Twenty-sixth Division. {See Twenty-sixth Division.)
Thirty-second Division. {See Thiity-second Division.)
Thirty-fifth Division. {See Thirty-fifth Division.)
Forty-first Division. {See Forty-first Division.)
Ninetieth Division. {See Ninetieth Division.)
Ninety-second Division. {See Ninety-second Division.)
Division machine gun officer 52
Dolphin 1^
Dominican Republic 17, 66, 84, 85
Dover, N.J 19
Doyen, Charles A., Brig. Gen 29, 30, 32, 38, 39
Dunkirk, France 71, 72
Dunlap, Robert H., Col 36
Diu:ation-of-war enlisted men 80
E.
East San Pedro, Calif 19
Edinburgh, Scotland 60
INDEX. 97
Eighth Infantry Brigade 36
Eighth Separate Battalion 27, 34
El Cayay, Porto Rico 20
Eleventh Begiment 27, 33, 63, 70, 78, 81
Ele^■enth Separate Battalion 27
Ellis, Earl H., Lieut. Col 39, 48, 55, 56, 63
Emergency payments 87
England (See also British) > 10, 17, 20, 28, 31, 33, 36, 49, 72
Enlistments 14, 15
Enlisted Staff School, Overseas Depot 27
Enrollments in the reserve 14,15, 76-77
Epidemic of influenza. (See Influenza.)
Eppeldorf 56
Escorts 37, 63
Essen Hook (Blanc Mont), France 50
Eureka, Calif 19
Evans, Francis T. , Maj 71
Exermont, France 53, 55
Expenditures 86, 91
F.
F-vrallones Islands, Calif 19
Feland, I.ogan, Col. (Brigadier General) 31, 38, 47, 51, 56
Female reser\'ist'' 12, 13, 76, 77
Field Musics School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Fifteenth Field Artillery 38, 39
Fifteenth Separate Battalion 79
Fifth Corps 53, 54, 55
Fifth Brigade of Marines 10, 28, 62, 78, 79, 80, 81
Fifth Brigade Machine Gun Battalion 27, 33, 64, 78, 81
Fifth Machine Gun Battalion 38
Fifth Regiment of Marines 9, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 70, 78, 81
Fifth Regiment Base Detachment 34
Fifth Separate Battalion 27, 34
Fifty-first Infantry Brigade 36
Finances 86, 91
First Army 48, 49, 53
First Aviation Squadron 71
First Battalion, Eleventh Regiment 33
First Battalion, Fifth Regiment 29, 30
First Battalion, Sixth Regiment 29, 32, 33
First Casual Replacement BattaUon 34
First Corps 48
First Depot Division 62
First Division, American Expeditionary Forces 28, 29, 30, 36, 39, 41, 45, 46, 79
First Field Signal Battalion 38
First Machine Gun Replacement Battalion 34
First Marine Aeronautic Company 34, 36, 71 , 75
First Marine Aviation Force 34, 72
First Regiment of Marines 85
First Replacement, Battalion 34
First Replacement Dejwt 62
First Separate Machine Gun Battalion 34
Firth of Forth, Scotland 59, 60
Flanders, Belgium 49, 72
Florida 18, 59
Florida Straits 37
Fh-ing Corps:
England 72
France 72
United States, (.^ce AAdation.)
Foch, Marshal 40, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 79
Forage, expenditures 91
Forty-first Di\-ision, American Expeditionary Forces 62
Forty-second Division, American Expeditionary Forces 53
98 INDEX.
Page.
Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex 19
Fort Lafayette 19
Fort Lyons, Colo 19
Fort Mifflin, Pa 19
Fosse, France 53
Fossoy , France 42
Foiirrag^re, French *), 67
Fourth Brigade:
Casualties 10, 65
Composition of 9, 29
Demobilization 80, 82
First Division, element of 29
Formed 29, 32. 33
Operations 36, 40-55
Organizations composing 9, 29
Organization perfected 33
Organized 29, 32, 33
P. C.'s. (See P. C.'s of Fourth Brigade.)
Sailed (Fifth Regiment) for France 9, 30
Strength 10
Returned to United States 78
Training 28, 39
Fourth Division, American Expeditionary Forces 36
Fourth French Army 49, 50, 51, 57, 58
Fourth Infantry Brigade 38
Fourth Machine Gun Battalion 38
Fourth Separate Battalion : 27, 34
Forwarding Camp, I^e Mans, France 62
Frederick 18
French:
Decorations 68
Flying Corps 36, 72
Officers serving with Marines 26, 68
Freya Stellung 53
Fryer, Eli T., Col 61
Fuel, expenditures 91
G.
Galveston 18, 37
Galveston, Tex 19
Gamborg-Andresen, Carl, Col 61
Gas 22, 27, 65, 66
Geiger, Roy D., Maj 72
Gendarmerie, Haitian 10, 37
Genicart, France 63
Geographical location of Marines 17
George Washington 18, 60, 78
Georgia 18
Georgia School of Technology 23
Germainvilliers, France 32
Germany 11, 17, 20, 56, 57, 61, 69
German High Seas Fleet 59
Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La 7, 19, 73, 74
Gievres (Loire-et-Cher), France 63
Gisors-Chaumont-en-Vixen, France 39
Gleaves, Albert, Rear Admiral 30
Gondrecourt training area 28, 31
Gouraud, Gen 49, 50, 67
Grand Bois de Saint Souplet, France 51
Grand Fleet, British 37, 59
Grange Neuve, France 63
Gratuity of $60 87
Great Lakes, 111 19, 74
Greece 20
Greenbury, Md 19
Guam 10,17,20,37
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 10, 20
Guardia Nacional Dominicana 10, 20, 37
INDEX. 99
H. Vaee.
Haines, Henry C, Col 5, 83
Haiti 10, 17, 20, 37, 84. 85
Hampton Roads, Va 19, 62, 80
Hancock 9, 30, 34
Harbord, James G., Maj. Gen., United States Army 38, 39, 42, 45, 46, 47
Hart, FrankHn A., Capt " 64
Harvard University 23
Hatenfels, Germany 56
Haute-Mame, France 32, 38
Havana 30
Havre, France 63
Hawaiian Islands 10, 1 7, 37
Headquarters Companies:
Fifth Regiment 29
Sixth Regiment 29, 32
Headquarters Detacliment, Paris, France 63
Headquarters of Fouirth Brigade. (See P. (\'s of Fourth Brigade.)
Head(iuarters, Washington, D. C 19. 83
Helena 18. 37
Henderson 9, 30, 32, 33, 34, 39, 79
Herschliach, Germany 56
Hill 142 10, 41, 57, 58
Hindonburg Line 49, 53
Hingham, Mass 19
Historical Division, Marine Corps 5
Holland 17
Honnigen 56
Hospitals. France; paying men in 87
Hoyt, Leon W., Maj 60
Huey, James McE., Lieut. Col 60
Huntington 18
I.
Idaho 18
Influenza 23, 83
Indian Head, Md 19
Inductions 14, 15, 16
Inglewoud, Calif 19
Inor, France 54
Inspector General's Department 63
Inter-allied rifle championships, Le Mans, France 70
Interpreters 63
Zona Island, N. Y 19
Ireland 37, 60
Isle of Ste. Anne (Nantes), France , 63
Issonge Farmhouse, France 43
Issoudun, France 63
Italy ; 20, 68
J.
Japan : 20, 61
Jassy, Roumania : 20
Jaulny, France 48, 57
K.
Kansas IS
Key West, Fla i I)
Killed in action 65, 06
Kilometers advanced 68
Kingman, Matthew W., Maj 52
Knight, Austin M. , Rear Admiral 61
La Baule, France 63
La Loge Farmhouse, France 13
La Pallice, France G3
100 INDEX.
La Playa, Calif 19
La Rochelle, France 63
La Teste (Gironde), France 63
La Veuve, France 51
Lake Charles. La 71, 73, 74
Lake Denmark, N. J 19
Landres-et-St. Georges, France 53, 57
Lansdowne, Pa. , camp of instruction bayonet team 19
Lauchheimer, Charles H. , Brig. Gen 83
Lay, Harry R. , Lieut. Col 30, 32, 48
Lee, Harry, Col 43, 45, 46
Le Franc aerodromes, France 72
Le Mans, France 62, 70
Leffincourt, France 29, 33, 52
Legion of Honor (French) 60
Lejeune, John A., Maj. Gen 36,38,39,47,48,49,50,54,79,83
Leland Stanford Junior University 23
Lents, Oreg 19
Les Islettes, France 53
Letanne, France 54
Letters designating companies 29
Leviathan 18, 63, 78, 83, 89
Line of Communications 28, 31, 33
Lironville, France 48
Little, Louis McC, Col 61
London, England 10, 20, 78
Long, Charles G., Brig. Gen 83
Lormont, France 63
Lorraine, France 55
Lost and destroyed records 87
Louisiana 18
Lugol, G., mayor of Meaux, France 43
Luxembourg 20, 56
Lynnhaven Roads, Chesapeake Bay 59
Lys, Ypres-I^ys offensive 40, 58
M.
Machias 18
Machine guns captured 67
Machine Gun Company (8th), Fifth Regiment 29
Machine Gun Company (73d), Sixth Regiment 29, 32
Machine Gun School, Overseas Depot 27
Machine Gun School, Utica, N. Y 23, 28
Machine-gun training 23, 26, 28
Madrid, Spain 17, 20
Maintenance of Quartermaster's Department, cost of 91
Major General, Commandant 5, 11, 12, 29, 31, 32, 33, 82, 83, 89
Major, Harlan E., Capt 43
Major offensives, German 40
Major operations, American 9, 36, 38, 39, 40-55, 57, 58, 67, 72
Managua, Nicaragua 10, 20, 84, 85
Manonville, France 48
Marans, France 63
Marbache sector, France 48, 57, 65, 67
Marconi Wireless Co. , Boston, Mass 19
Mare Island, Calif 19, 22, 25, 26, 90
Margut 56
Marine Aeronautic Co - 71
Marine A\dation Section, Miami, Fla 37
Marine Corps Reserve 11, 12, 13, 76-77, 80, 89, 90
Marine Corps Reserve Flying Corps 74
Marne, River, salient. Valley 40, 41, 44, 55
Married men, rejections of 15
Marseilles, France 63
Marshall, Calif 19
Marshfield, Oreg 19
INDEX. 101
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 19, 74
Massif de Notre-Dame-des-Champs, France 50, 51
Massif du Blanc Mont 51
Matthews, Calvin B., Maj 63
Mauretania 62
Mayflower 18
McCawley, Charles L., Brig. Gen 83, 89
McClellan, Edwin N., Maj 1, 5, 60
McDougal, Douglas C, Lieut. Col 63
McGill, John F., Col 60
Meaux, France 41, 43
Medaille Militaire (French) 68
Medals of honor (American) 68
Medeah Ferme, France 50, 51
Medical Corps of the Navy 35, 66, 68
Mehun, France 63
Menaucourt, France 31
Mercury 75, 78, 79
Mess sergeants 26
Metz 41
Meuse-Argonne 9, 36, 39, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 65, 67
Meuse-Argonne (Champagne) 65, 67
Meuse River. 49, 53, 54, 57
Mexico 10, 37
Miami, Fla 37, 71, 72, 73, 74
Michigan 18
Military colleges, graduates of 21
Military police 31, 63
Military stores 91
Mineola, Long Island 19, 71, 73, 74
Mines 37
Mine craters 50
Miners and Sappers School, Overseas Depot 27
Minnesota 17, 18, 37
Minors, rejection of 15
Miramas, France 63
Missing 65
Mississipjpi 18
Mobilization Bureau 19
Money expended 86, 91
Mont Pelier, France 52
Montana 18
Montdidier , France 40
Montierchaume (Indre), France 63
Montoir, France 63
Montreuil-aux-Lions, France 41, 43
Monts, France 51
Monument commemorating entrance of United States in World War 79
Morale of the Allies 40, 42
Moroccan Division 45, 46
Moscou (P. C), France 39
Moselle River 48, 57
Mouzon, France 54
Myers, John T. , Col . (Brigadier General) 60
Murman Coast, Russia 37
N.
Naix, France 31
Nancy, France 48
Nantes, France 63
Nanteuil-le-Haudouin, France 47
Nanteuil-siu-Marne, F'rance 44 '
National Naval Volunteers, Marine Corps Branch 11, 21, 76
Naval air station. Cape May, N.J 73
Naval ammunition depots 19
Naval district base, New London, Conn 19
102 INDEX.
Naval experimental station, New London, Conn 19
Naval headquarters, Paris, France 63
Naval hospitals 19
Naval Militia, Marine Corps Branch 76
Naval prisons 19
Navv allotment officer 87
Navy Department 30, 81, 82, 91
Navy distinguished service medal 39
Navy welcomes Marines home 81
Nebraska 18
Negro stevedores 30
Neuenahr 56
Neuerburgh 56
Nevada 18, 60
Nevers, France 63
Neville, Wendell C, Brig. Gen 32, 42, 45, 47, 48, 55, 79
New Brunswick, N.J 19
Newfoundland 59
New Hampshire 18
New Jersey 18
New London, Conn 19
New Mexico 18
New Orleans 18, 19, 61
New pay roll 88
Newport News, Va 75
Newport, R. 1 19
New York, N. Y 18, 19, 59, 78, 79, 84, 85
Ninth French Armv Corps 29, 51
Ninth Infantry. . . /. 38, 39
Ninth Separate Battalion 27, 34
Ninetieth Division, American Expeditionary Forces 36
Ninety-second Division, American Expeditionary Forces 36
Nicaragua 10, 17, 37, 84, 85
Nieder Bieber, Germany 56
Noncommissioned Officers School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Norfolk, Va. 19, 25, 89, 91
North Carolina 18
North Dakota 18
North Head, Wash 19
North Island, Calif 19
Norway 20, 59
Northern Bombing Group 34, 36, 71, 73, 75
Notre- Dame-des-Champs, France 50, 51
Noyers, St. Aignan-Noyers, France 63
Noyon-Montdidier drive, France 44
o.
Observation squadrons 36
Observers 36, 62, 89
Office of the Chief Paymaster, United States Marines, France 88
Office of the Judge Advocate General 19
Office of the Major General Commandant 83
Officers 21, 22
Officer in charge. Historical Division, Marine Corps 5
Officers' school, Overseas Depot 27
Officers' training camps 22, 23
Oil supply of Allies 37
Oise-Aisne offensive. 58
Oklahoma 18, 60
Olongapo, Philippine Islands 10, 20
Olympia 18
One hundred and second Regiment of Infantry 36
Operations - - 36-61
Operations in general 36
Orizaba 78
Orknev Islands - 59, 60
INDEX. 103
Page.
Orleans, Mass., French Cable Co 10
Oetend, Belgium 71
Osterhout, George H., Capt 43
Otter Cliffs, Me 19
Overseas Depot, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va 22, 26, 27, 33
P.
P. C.'s of Fourth Brigade 39, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, b(\
Pacific Fleet IS, fi]
Palestine 49
Paoli, Pa., signal battalion 1!)
Paris, France 10, 20, 34, 40, 41, 63, 70, 78, 83, 88
Paris-Metz Highway, France 41
Parris Island, S. C 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 86, 90
Pauillac, France 20
Pay for personnel, expenditures 86
Pay roll, new 88
Pay School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Paymaster, Chief, United States Marines, France 88
Paymaster's clerks. United States Marine Corps 21
Paymaster's Department 84-88
Peace memorandum No. 1 55
Peace treaty 56, 80
Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands 10, 20, 37
Peking, China 10, 20, 37, 84, 85
Pen Houet, France 63
Pennsylvania 18, 60
Pensacola, Fla 19, 71, 73
Pentland Firth 59
Perkins, Ernest A., Maj 64
Pershing, John J., Gen 30, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 51, 54, 79, 81, 82
Petain, Marshal : 31, 43, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51
Petrogi'ad, Russia 20
Philadelphia, Pa 10, 19, 25, 30, 37, 90
Philippine Islands 10, 17, 20, 37
Pistol matches 69, 70
Pittsburgh 18, 37
Plan directeur 42
Planning section 83
Plebiscite 79
Pocahontas 34
Point Arguello, Calif 19
Point Isabel, Tex 19
Pointe de Grave, France 79
Police sergeants 63
Pont St. Vincent, France 48
Ponta Delgada, Azores 20, 34, 36, 71, 74
Pont-a-Mousson, France 48, 57
Pontanezen Camp, Brest, France 62, 63, 64, 79
Port au Prince, Haiti 84, 85
Portland, Me 19
Portland, England 60
Porto Rico 10, 17
Portsmouth, N. H 19
Portuguese decorations 68
Pouilly, France 54
Prairie 18
President of the United States 11, 14, 29, 30, 60, 79, 90
Price, Charles F. B., Maj 79
Printz Eitel Fredrick .30
Prison :
Guards. 63
Naval prisons .' 19
Officers 63
Prisoners 61, 65, 68
Provisions, expenditures 91
104 INDEX.
Provost guards 31, 63
Provost marshals 31
Provost Marshal General 14, 23
Prum 56
Public works 91
Pueblo 18
Puget Sound, Wash 19
Purchases under second deficiency act, from United States Army 91
Q.
Quarters, commutation of ; expenditures 91
Quartermaster's Department 89-91
Quantico, Va 22, 23, 26, 28, 33, 73, 79, 80, 83, 85, 90
R.
Radio, Va 19
Radio School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Radio stations, etc 19, 61
Rations, expenditures 89
Records, lost and destroyed 87
Recruit depots :
Mare Island, Calif 21
Norfolk, Va 25
Parris Island, S. C 21
Philadelphia, Pa 25
Rejections of applicants at 15
Training at 27, 28
Recruiting statistics 14, 15
Recruiting and transportation, expenditures 91
Rejections of applicants for enlistment 14, 15
Remenauville, France 48
Repairs of barracks, expenditures 91
Replacements 28, 34
Reserve, Fljdng Corps 24, 74
Reserve, Marine Corps 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24, 76-77, 80, 89, 91
"Reserve supplies, U. S. M. C," expenditures 91
Retired officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men 11, 12
Return of Marines from Europe 75, 78, 79
Rheims, France 40, 50, 51, 57
Rheims Massif, France 49
Rheinbrohl 56
Rhine River Patrol 56
Rhode Island 18
Richards, George, Brig. Gen 84
Rifles captured 67
Rifle competitions and practice 69, 70
Rinjdavi 78
Rochefort, France 63
Rockport, Mass., Postal Telegraph & Cable Co 19
Rome, Italy 20
Romorantin (Loire-et-Cher), France 63
Roosevelt Field, Mineoia, L. I. 73, 74
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Assistant Secretary of the Navy 81, 82
Rosvth, Scotland 59, 60
Royal Fljdng Corps of England 36, 72
Russia 20
Russian Island, Siberia 61
Rye Beach, Me 19
S.
St. Aignan-Noyers, France 63
St. Etienne, France 50, 51, 57, 58
St. .luliens Creek, Va 19
St. Loubes, France 63
St. Louis 18
INDEX. 105
St. Mihiel offensive 36, 48, 57, 58, 65, 67
St. Nazaire, France 30, 31, 75
St. Quentin, France 49
St. Sulpice (Gironde), France 63
Samoa 17
San Diego 18, 37
San Diego, Calif : 19, 74
San Francisco, Calif 19, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91
San Juan, Porto Rico 10, 17, 20
Santa Paula 78
Sanjtiago, Dominican Republic 84, 85
Santo Domingo 10, 17, 20, 37, 65, 84, 85
Sappers 27
Sarry, France 48
Savenay, France 63
SayviJle, N. Y 19
Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands 57, 60
Scarponne, France 48
SchlesAvig-Holstein Battalion 79
Schools, United States Marine Corps:
Armorers 26, 74
Army bajloon 73, 74
Army candidates 23
Automatic rifle 27
Bakers 25
Band 25
Bayonet 27
Bombing 27
Clerical 25
Company clerks 26
Cooks .' 25
Enlisted staff 27
Field musics 25
Gas 27
Machine gun 23, 27, 28
Mess sergeants 26
Miners 27
Noncommissioned officers 25
Officers 22, 23, 27
Overseas depot 22, 26, 27, 33
Pay school 25, 86
Quartermaster sergeants 89
Radio 25
Scout snipers 27
Signaling 1 25
Scout snipers school, Overseas Depot 27
Sea duty 9, 10, 17, 20, 59-61
Sea Girt, N.J 70
Seattle 18, 30
Second ammunition train 38
Second Battalion, Fifth Regiment 29, 3*0
Second Battalion, Sixth Regiment 29, 32, 33
Second Battalion, Eleventh Regiment 33
Second Casual Replacement Battalion 34
Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces 9, 10,
28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, 58, 78, 79, 81, 82
Second Engineers 38, 54
Second Engineer Train 38
Second Field Artillery Brigade 36, 38
Second Headquarters Train and Military Police 38
Second Machine Gun Battalion 27
Second Replacement Battalion 34
Second Sanitary Train 38
Second Separate Machine Gun Battalion 27
Second Supply Train 38
Second Trench Mortar Battery 38
106 INDEX,
Secretary of the Navy 5, 14, 15, 56, 59, 60, 81, 82, 86
Secretary of War '. 14. 23. 82
Selective service law 14, 15
Services of Supply 28, 47. 63
Seventeenth Field Artillery.' 36, 38, 39
Seventh Regiment of Marines 85
Seventh Separate Battalion 27, 34
Seventy-third Machine Gun Company 32
Shearer, Thomas R. , Capt 73
Siberia 37, 61
Sibert, W. L., Maj. Gen., United States Army 30
Siboney .' 62, 78
Signal Battalion, Paoli, Pa 19
Signal School 25
Signal School, Parris Island, S. C 25
Silver bands for colors 57
Sixth Battle Squadron, British Grand Fleet 18. 59
Sixth Division, American Expeditionary Forces 36
Sixth Division, Atlantic Fleet 37, 60
Sixth French Army 42
Sixth Machine Gun Battalion of Marines 9, 26, 29, 32, 38, 78, 81
Sixth Regiment of Marines 9, 26, 29, 32, 38, 70, 78, 81
Sixth Separate Battalion 27, 34
Sixty-fourth Infantry Brigade 36
Slovaks 61
Smith, Holland M., Maj 32
Snyder, Harold C, Col 47, 56
Soissons, France 9, 38. 40, 44, 45, 46, 57, 67
Somme, France 40, 63
Somme-Py, France 50
Sommerance, France 55
Souain, France 62
SoTxain-Suippes area, France 49
South Carolina 18
South Dakota 18
Spain 17
Spanish War 9
Special Assistant, Quartermaster's Department 89
Special disbursing agents 84, 85
Stadenburg 72
Staff School 26
States, enlistments by 14, 16
States, Naval Militia, Marine Corps Branch 76
Statutory strength of Marine Corps. (See Strength of Marine Corps. )
Stevedores 30
Stockholm, Sweden 20
Stores, military; expenditures 91
Storehouses 89
Strength of Marine Corps 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 73, 74, 84, 85, 89
Students Army Training Corps 23, 24
Suarce sector, France 36
Submarines 30, 59, 60
Suippes, France 49, 51
Suippes River, France 49, 50, 51
Suippes-Somme Suippes-Nantivet area, France 51
Summary of operations 57
Supplies, expenditures 90
Supply Company of Fifth Regiment 29
Supply Company of Sixth Regiment 29, 32
Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet 59, 60
Sursol (Gironde), France 63
Swiss border 36
T.
Taillefontaine. France 47
Target practice 69, 70, 83
Tatoosh, Wash 19
INDEX. 107
Page.
Taylor. Charles B., Lieut. Col ^,-^
Tebbs, Richard H., Maj - - - ; • " • ' so
Technical engineer, Qiiartermaster s Department • - - ■ ^^
Tenedores 27
Tenth Separate Battalion • • • • ' jg 59
Texas 17 20
The Hague, Holland 4g' 57
Thiaucourt, France -. ■ - - 56 57 70 78 79
Third Army (Army of Occupation) ' ' ' ' ^^
Third Battalion, Eleventh Regiment 29 30
Third Battalion, Fifth Regiment 29 32 33
Third Battalion, Sixth Regiment ■ • ' ' ^g
Third Corps -.- : ■ qfi 40 70
Third Division, American Expeditionary Forces 38
Third Infantry Brigade 27
Third Machine Gun Battalion 2^
Third Replacement Battalion 27 34
Third Separate Battalion - ; '27
Third Separate Machine Gun Battalion 27 63 70 78 81
Thirteenth Regiment of Marines - - -. -- ' ' ' ' qfi
Thirtv-fifth DivTision, American Expeditionary i^ orces ^
Thirty-second Division, American Expeditionary 1< orces ^^
Tiburon. Calif 45 46
Tigny, France '.'.'.".'. 39. 48
Toul, France ' ' 63
Toulon, France • • 39
Toulon (P. C. of Fourth Brigade), France ^^ g^
Toulon sector, France ■ ' 62^ 63
Tours, France '54
Traffic police 22,' 25,' 27, 28, 39
Training of enlisted men 22-24
Training of officers - •. 9I
Transportation and recruiting, expenditures. _
Travel allowance of 5 cents a mile to discharged men - - • - ^^ ^^
Treaty of peace ' " ' g7
Trench mortars I9
Tuckerton, N.J 64
Turnage, Allen H., Maj ■ ' 34
Twelfth Company of Marines 3g
Twelfth Field Artillery ^ 34 35
Twelfth Replacement Battalion ' 79
Twelfth Separate Battalion 4O
Twenty-eighth Division 34
Twenty-sixth Company - - -. - ■ Ar 41 4Q
Twenty-sixth Division, American Expeditionary Forces '38
Twenty-third Infantry
U.
59
U-boats {see also Submarines)
University of — 23
Kansas 23
Minnesota. 23
North Carolina 23
Texas ' 23
Washington. ' ' 23
Wisconsin 63
Usine Brulee, France ' ' 5g
Usseldange 18, 60
Utah -■•■•-■•-• ■.'.'..' i9, 23! 28
Utica, N. Y
V.
51
Vadenay-Bouy-la-Veuve-Dampierre area, France gg
Van Orden, George, Col 16 41 42. 57, 58
Vaux, France '54
Vaux-en-Dieulet, France
^^° INDEX.
Velaine-en-Haye, France ^'*^®-
Verdun, France Ao "oA",:; ";;: "^^
Vermont ..'.....'.'. 28, 39, 55, 57, 65, 67
Venaalt-les-Dames, France ^^
Vierzy, France 39
Virgin Islands i«-i^-oA ^^^^'^^
Virginia ...■".".■.■.".■.;■.;;;; 10,17,20,37,84,85
Virginia Military Institute 1^
Vitry-le-Fran9ois, France ~.^
Villers-les-Nancy, France ^^
Vivieres, France ^|
Vladivostok, Siberia „_ f^
Von Steuben .■.■.■.■.■.■.".■.■;::: qo-qo f/tl
Voncq, France ^^,33,34,56
Vulte, Nelson P., Mai 2l
' 59
W.
Wakefield, Mass
Wales. 1"
Waller,' Littleton W.' T.", jr." Mai'. '.'.'.'. io 12' S
Wars: -^rf, io, o^
Civil
Germany, declared against "' {\
Spanish ] ^^
War Industries Board \\\\ ^
War Risk Bureau 07
Warehouses ^^
Washington, D. C !..'!.'."!!!.'!.'.' ifi'iQ 78 7q
Waxweiler ] ; ; ] ; ; 16, 19, 78, 79
Wehr, Germany ^^
Wellfleet, Mass '..'..'.'.'. \L
West Indies ^
Weymouth, England .!!!!..!.. en
Western Union Co., Boston, Mass \k
Wiesbaum " ^^
Wilhelmina 2q
Wills, Davis B., Maj '. . '.'.'..'.'.[]'.[['.['.'.'.[.'.'. lo
Wilmington i o o5
winthrop, Md !!!"!'.!!'.!!!!! iq
Wirgman, Harold C, Maj «n
Wise, Frederic M., Col ok
Wise, William C, Maj '..'.'.'.'.'.'.'..... 6?
Wissahickon Barracks, N.J ' iq
Women, Female reservists 7A 77 qc
Wounded Q9 ftl'fift
wyowing ■•■-■-■■"::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. 'Js! 59
X.
Xammes, France 48 57
Y.
Yale University 2q
Yokohama, Japan "..'..'..*.. 20
Yorktown 1 e
Yorktown, Va " iq
Young Men's Christian Association 68
Ypres-Lys offensive 58
Zeebruge, Belgium >j-^
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